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repulse(verb, control, check, separate, reject)
4
stop(verb, check, separate, restrain, halt)
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drive back(verb, expression, cut, check, separate)
3
forfend(verb, stop, check, remove, reject)
3
keep at bay(verb, expression, idiom, control, cut)
3
keep off(verb, expression, cut, check, separate)
3
prohibit(verb, stop, check, reject, dismiss)
3
push back(verb, expression, cut, check, separate)
3
put off(verb, expression, stop, check, keep)
3
turn aside(verb, expression, stop, check, separate)
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brush off(verb, expression, cut, check, separate)
2
cool(verb, stop, cut, check, separate)
2
cut(verb, separate, reject, disregard, dismiss)
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decline(verb, cut, separate, reject, cool)
2
dismiss(verb, separate, reject, cool, disregard)
2
drive away(verb, expression, cut, check, separate)
2
drive off(verb, expression, cut, separate, cool)
2
fight(hold, cut, separate, cool, maintain)
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hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, control)
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impede(verb, stop, hold, check, restrain)
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