6
nest(verb, stop, settle, continue, endure)
6
occupy(verb, hold, settle, use, rest)
6
persevere(verb, stop, advance, attack, maintain)
6
plug(noun, verb, stop, break, close)
6
pull up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
6
put on ice(verb, expression, idiom, drop, reject)
6
quit(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
6
restrain(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
6
room(verb, stop, settle, board, lodge)
6
rope(noun, line, thing, stretch, ring)
6
set(verb, support, sustain, uphold, brace)
6
squat(verb, stop, settle, continue, endure)
6
surcease(noun, verb, stop, end, check)
6
vacation(noun, verb, stop, calm, break)
5
adhere(verb, hold, fix, restrain, join)
5
amnesty(noun, verb, stop, reduce, release)
5
back up
5
be(verb, hold, continue, follow, sustain)
5
bind(noun, verb, hold, control, fix)
5
bung(noun, verb, hinder, hindrance)
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