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[1] |
postpone
,
put off/aside
,
defer
,
temporize
,
suspend
,
shelve
,
hold off/up (on)
,
put on hold
,
hold in abeyance
,
put/keep in a holding pattern
,
pigeon-hole
,
put on ice
,
put in/into the deep-freeze
,
(Colloq) put on the back burner
,
(Brit) kick into touch
,
(US) hold off/up (on)
,
table
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[2] |
hold up/back
,
detain
,
impede
,
hinder
,
retard
,
keep
,
bog down
,
set back
,
slow (up/down)
,
stop
,
arrest
,
halt
,
check
,
obstruct
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[3] |
loiter
,
detain
,
hold up
,
procrastinate
,
hesitate
,
poke/drag (along)
,
tarry
,
wait
,
lag (behind)
,
dawdle
,
hang back
,
stall
,
linger
,
dally
,
mark time
,
potter/(US) putter
,
vacillate
,
(Colloq) dilly-dally
,
shilly-shally
,
drag one's feet
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[4] |
stay
,
detain
|
[5] |
check
,
retard
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