4
table(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
4
temporise
3
extend
3
filibuster(verb, stop, hold, keep, block)
3
gain time(verb, expression, idiom, hold, keep)
3
lengthen out(verb, phrasal verb, lateness, diuturnity)
3
loiter(verb, hold, keep, block, delay)
3
shelve(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
3
spin out(verb, phrasal verb, lateness, diuturnity)
3
stall for time(verb, expression, idiom, time, gain)
3
suspend(verb, stop, hold, keep, halt)
3
vacillate
2
adjourn(verb, hold, keep, block, delay)
2
arrest(verb, stop, hold, keep, block)
2
await
2
balk(verb, time, gain)
2
be dilatory(cool, delay, hesitate, postpone, dawdle)
2
circumvent(verb, cunning)
2
dilly-dally(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
2
double(adjective, cunning)
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