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abide
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bar(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
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be a timeserver(expression, idiom)
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be noncommittal(verb, avoid, dodge, evade, stall)
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beat around the bush(verb, expression, idiom, stop, halt)
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bide
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bide time(verb, expression, hold, keep, block)
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biding
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block(verb, hold, keep, stay, bar)
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check(verb, stop, hold, keep, halt)
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choke(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
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clog(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
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confine(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
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continue
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contrive
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cool(delay, hesitate, postpone, dawdle, adjourn)
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curb(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
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detain(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
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deter(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
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discourage(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
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