| preserve(verb, hold, control, place, keep) |
| prevent(verb, stop, hold, control, check) |
| repudiate(verb, decline, reject, disregard, dismiss) |
| secure(verb, take, cover, keep, stay) |
| suspend(verb, hold, keep, reject, dismiss) |
| turn down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, decline) |
| withdraw(verb, stop, take, decline, separate) |
| arrest(verb, stop, hold, take, control) |
| bury(verb, cover, block, obscure, suppress) |
| censor(verb, stop, cut, decline, remove) |
| conserve(verb, hold, control, place, keep) |
| decline(verb, stop, reject, oppose, dismiss) |
| delay(verb, stop, hold, control, keep) |
| discourage(verb, stop, hold, control, check) |
| exclude(verb, stop, decline, reject, disregard) |
| hold down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) |
| hold up(verb, expression, stop, hold, decline) |
| husband(verb, hold, keep, maintain, have) |
| hush up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cover, block) |
| keep close(expression, idiom, take, keep, stay) |