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What is another word for
defer
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▲
To postpone or assign to a later time or date
Submit to or acknowledge the merit of
To pause in indecision before doing something
To store or set aside for future use
To act in a submissive manner
To prevent from progress
Be subjected to
To fail to care for or pay attention to
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▲
Verb
▲
To postpone or assign to a later time or date
delay
postpone
shelve
suspend
adjourn
put off
prorogue
remit
hold over
stay
table
continue
hold off
mothball
pigeonhole
procrastinate
put back
put over
carry over
protract
respite
block
detain
extend
hinder
hold up
impede
intermit
lay over
lengthen
obstruct
prolong
reschedule
retard
slow
stall
waive
hold in abeyance
hold off on
hang fire
lay on the table
put on ice
set aside
give rain check
put in cold storage
put on hold
put on back burner
take a rain check on
put on the back burner
put aside
interrupt
hold
discontinue
break off
dissolve
keep in abeyance
terminate
put to one side
hold back
bring to an end
recess
withhold
lay aside
prorogate
cease
leave
stand over
reserve
pause
stop
cut short
halt
call a halt to
arrest
set back
disband
end
cool
renounce
check
put on the shelf
file
dismiss
break up
sideline
dally
put something off
put in abeyance
neglect
let up
put a stop to
refrain from
avoid
hang up
give a rain check
refrain
do later
put off the evil day
put off the evil hour
slow up
park
retain
suppress
rearrange
reorganize
US
forestay
put something on hold
hang
hold something in abeyance
get across
put across
reprieve
hold something over
cool it
contain
take offline
temporise
UK
temporize
US
save
keep
put on one side
cut
break
bar
quit
pink-slip
omit
inactivate
can
put on the bank burner
cancel
sever
take a raincheck
leave off
slow down
keep back
reorganise
UK
stave off
push back
count out
rule out
lay off
freeze
cut off
tarry
dillydally
dawdle
linger
loiter
lag
poke
put an end to
keep from
bring to a standstill
bring to a halt
bring to a close
take a breather from
drag one's feet
leave to another time
put on a back burner
tie up
put out of commission
decommission
put into storage
shut up
pack away
suspend proceedings
surcease
desist
rest
curb
knock off
restrain
finish
take a break
come to an end
take a breather
take a recess
take five
wait
call a halt
take a rain check
relinquish
call it a day
abandon
surrender
yield
hang back
cede
reject
give up
sit tight
take no action
elongate
resign
refuse
disregard
drop
abjure
sacrifice
abdicate
forsake
avoid doing something
play a waiting game
forgo
spurn
draw out
drag out
disclaim
disown
allow
dispense with
remove
grant
do without
renege
stretch
stretch out
outstretch
hold one's horses
keep from doing something
bide one's time
hand over
sign away
turn down
turn over
perpetuate
wire-draw
sustain
spin out
pad
string out
keep going
keep up
prolongate
carry on
draw
extend the duration of
make longer
expand
drag on
keep something going
go on with
conclude
pack in
wind up
desist from
withdraw
pull the plug on
give over
close
cut out
pack up
abolish
rescind
repeal
axe
UK
revoke
scrap
scrub
ax
US
abort
determine
elapse
exclude
dead-end
belay
wink out
eliminate
do away with
pass
die
expire
lapse
call it quits
get rid of
recall
shut off
debar
except
call off
nullify
eschew
close out
go
annul
invalidate
ban
abrogate
abstain from
recant
preclude
give something the chop
forbear
knock something on the head
kick
inhibit
pull up
leave out
bate
deny
prevent
put the kibosh on
void
negate
prohibit
swear off
forbid
reverse
countermand
disannul
retract
withhold from
override
forbear from
disconnect
forswear
kill
take back
cry off
lay off of
close down
get off
shut down
bring to a stop
wrap up
withcall
shut out
freeze out
quash
repudiate
phase out
vacate
intervene
bridle
null
abate
curtail
overrule
call
disunite
restrict
veto
still
interdict
skip
catch
annihilate
thwart
rise
shun
strike down
roll back
pass up
resist
dismantle
obviate
proscribe
ditch
restrain from
forestall
unsay
culminate
limit
disallow
discharge
finish off
wind down
steer clear of
renege on
declare null and void
backtrack on
stay away from
avert
stem
shy from
rein in
nix
go back on
call back
stop short
immobilize
US
pull out of
get out of
interfere with
shake
stop dead
skip out on
immobilise
UK
disqualify
back off
sew up
pass over
take ten
call time
pack it in
cut it out
stand still
bring up
fetch up
close off
put a stop to something
bring to end
abstain
forego
disturb
be suspended
be put on hold
constrain
pass on
take off
dissociate
fail
stop oneself from
restrain oneself from
hold back from
bring
nip in the bud
deny yourself
go without
repress
keep hold of
stifle
forlet
disrupt
have done with
resist the temptation to
turn back
cut into
say goodbye to
break into
not touch
scratch
deactivate
refuse to pay
throw in the towel
throw in the sponge
stop trying
lift
keep off
die down
kick the habit
quit cold
not continue
get on the wagon
hang it up
take the cure
kick over
exempt
taboo
inveigh
jack something in
knock it off
take out
call in
stop midstream
not do
discount
discard
quit cold turkey
come to a close
slow pedal
complete
take time out
drop it
shorten
abbreviate
clip
abridge
call a stop to
consummate
cap
forfend
hesitate
clear
leave out of account
weed out
mark off
deter
be over
leave unfinished
stop cold
waver
break short
stop in full flow
round off
round out
assort
class
peg
slot
partition
tab
group
put paid to
ward off
not consider
close one's doors to
forget about
hamper
fold up
be put to bed
draw to a close
cut loose
button up
button down
put a lid on
overturn
staunch
falter
deliberate
frustrate
unfit
disentitle
break down
put down as
type cast
sort out
trammel
stymie
fetter
vitiate
disavow
encumber
shackle
disaffirm
chop
dump
stop what you're doing
mark time
come to standstill
think twice
take a breath
reflect
have a breather
catch one's breath
break it up
stop briefly
baulk
UK
hamstring
derail
enjoin
incapacitate
disable
stem the flow
bring to standstill
brake
supersede
undo
obliterate
torpedo
deracinate
subvert
outlaw
stonewall
shirk
disestablish
not make the cut
disfranchise
eighty-six
paralyze
US
impair
declare ineligible
paralyse
UK
weaken
disenable
bypass
sabotage
bork
foreswear
abnegate
stand
fence
overthrow
back off from
sidestep
break the habit of
dodge
shrink from
check out from
balk
US
knock out
do in
wipe out
blackball
kibosh
skirt
surcease from
get around
escape from
jack in
call it quits on
draw up
not move
put a brake on
come to a standstill
stand in the way of
stand off
peter out
nip something in the bud
estop
ostracize
US
back down
reel in
have change of heart
retrograde
back out of
welsh
fall back
retreat
take in
eat your words
change one's mind
recede
eat one's words
forget it
apologise
UK
nig
change one's tune
back out
do a U-turn on
apologize
US
retrocede
draw back
row back on
do an about-turn on
wreck
split up
disorganize
loose
wrack
decimate
unmake
collapse
destruct
shoot
ruin
eradicate
destroy
shatter
demolish
circumvent
ostracise
UK
exile
shut out of
fade out
resolve into
render void
disjoin
dissever
separate
interpose
part
bag it
blow off
more ❯
“He said the national executive agreed to
defer
the election to October 2, two weeks later than the original date of September 18.”
Verb
▲
Submit to or acknowledge the merit of
submit
yield
accede
acquiesce
bow
capitulate
surrender
truckle
give way
honor
US
honour
UK
respect
accept
accommodate
adapt
adjust
admit
agree
agree with
assent
buckle
cave
comply
comply with
concede
cringe
fawn
give in
knuckle
knuckleunder
knuckle under
kowtow
obey
succumb
be deferential
bow to
give in to
back down
cave in
relent
concede defeat
admit defeat
give up
throw in the towel
quit
budge
throw in the sponge
raise the white flag
fall
blink
cede
fold
show the white flag
climb down
buckle under
fall victim
be overcome
wave the white flag
accept defeat
lay down your arms
crumble
abandon
be beaten
be overwhelmed
resign
go under
lay down arms
cry uncle
give up the struggle
put up white flag
pack it in
toss it in
concur
bend
indulge
heed
relinquish
let go
go down
eat crow
roll over
give yourself up
deliver
lay down one's arms
lay down
be conquered by
hand over
be overwhelmed by
come to terms
concur with
go along with
resign yourself
be overcome by
pay homage
vail
make concessions
approve
retreat
throw in your hand
fall in line
be defeated
adhere
give oneself up
break
entrust
consign
leave
forego
conform
give oneself over
fold up
be conquered
suffer defeat
turn over
abdicate
cry quits
turn in
call it quits
play dead
eat humble pie
observe
act in accordance with
cooperate with
be servile
acquiesce in
surrender to
be submissive
hoist the white flag
bend the knee
say uncle
resign oneself
humble oneself
give ground
proffer
lose
stop
hand in
despair
bail out
desist
cut out
tender
leave off
cease
waive
chicken out
present
drop
bow out
forswear
pull out
collapse
be overthrown
fall to pieces
be a casualty to
lose one's position to
be smitten by
be taken by
be overthrown by
lie down
pass into the hands of
pass into enemy hands
be destroyed by
eat dirt
fall victim to
be defeated by
be vanquished by
be beaten by
go with the flow
grant
allow
sanction
permit
bow down to
warrant
toe the mark
submit to
agree to
toe the line
be guided by
defer to
assent to
consent to
consent
pay attention to
acquiesce to
play along with
accede to
conform to
acknowledge
give away the store
bow to something
bow to someone
backpedal
come round
withdraw
do a U-turn
crumple
do an about-turn
give
soften
call it a day
chuck in
backtrack
back out
fall apart
back off
come apart
break down
subscribe
okay
abide by
change your mind
weaken
melt
reconsider
crack
recant
become lenient
show mercy
retract
endorse
take back
topple
bless
suffer
admit you were wrong
founder
row back
do an about-face
fall in
embrace
go
give the green light to
fall apart at the seams
eat your words
give the thumbs up to
say the word
say yes to
cut a deal
yield to
implode
OK
accord
disintegrate
give the nod
shake on
break apart
buy
give the go-ahead to
yes
ditto
go to pieces
tumble
play ball
lose heart
stop trying
chuck it in
change
compromise
show white flag
give up hope
break off
halt
abandon hope
finish
call a halt
end
call off
throw up one's hands
throw up the sponge
eat one's words
concede to
let
give permission for
say yes
sign off on
make a deal
subdue
subjugate
genuflect
sing a different song
have second thoughts
admit that one is wrong
retract one's words
bring to an end
give out
fall down
come down
slump
go out
topple over
subside
settle
shatter
sag
wilt
return
offer back
give back
break up
sever
come apart at the seams
do a volte-face
flip-flop
change one's attitude
change one's plans
about-face
change your decision
retrocede
turn back
double back
hesitate
vacillate
waver
renege
ratify
authorize
US
give one's permission
give one's stamp of approval to
pass
pass on
concur in
rubber-stamp
back
authorise
UK
recognise
UK
give five
give one's leave
license
UK
mandate
recognize
US
adopt
espouse
validate
confirm
subscribe to
support
give the OK to
licence
US
ease off
ease up
cancel
balk
US
demur
cop out
recoil
fink out
follow
wimp out
baulk
UK
beg off
go back on
back pedal
pull back
hold back
touch
unbend
mind
mollify
relax
disarm
sink
adhere to
keep
have no fight left
withdraw from agreement or statement
affect
forgive
move
be the loser
come off second-best
be bested by
fail
take orders
hold to
answer
do as you are told
do as one says
fulfill
US
do what is expected
come to heel
serve
act upon
do one's bidding
play it by the book
fulfil
UK
respond
goose-step to
get into line
do what one is told
keep to
play second fiddle
live by
do one's duty
hold fast
stick to
be ruled by
get in line
be loyal to
forbear
tumble down
tolerate
have mercy
sympathise
UK
have pity
become merciful
slow
give quarter
show pity
sympathize
US
be vanquished
be trounced
lose out
keel
brook
bow down
cast before
prostrate
kneel
grovel
abase
fall at feet
give one's blessing to
give one's approval to
roll over and play dead
accept tacitly
reconcile
jibe
go along
stand by
give the nod to
give one's consent to
let pass
give one's assent to
agree to something
allow something
be merciful
admit something
concede something
come around
cool it
lighten up
die away
mellow out
let happen
lay back
come a cropper
drop a bundle
get the worst
take a licking
have the worst
come up short
be worsted
crash out
take a beating
be humbled
come to grief
default
be taken to cleaners
meet one's Waterloo
be outdistanced
fall short
let it happen
change one's mind
go easy on
give some slack
ease up on
take a softer line
more ❯
“But I'm sure there are many people like me who would
defer
to scientific facts that are duly recorded and widely acknowledged.”
Verb
▲
To pause in indecision before doing something
hesitate
waver
vacillate
dither
falter
delay
stall
fluctuate
teeter
haver
stagger
pause
swither
wobble
oscillate
halt
scruple
dawdle
equivocate
temporise
UK
temporize
US
dally
wabble
linger
wait
hedge
alternate
shillyshally
tergiversate
demur
dillydally
hover
seesaw
pussyfoot
stumble
deliberate
doubt
stop
baulk
UK
balk
US
boggle
flounder
debate
hang
mammer
ponder
weigh
shilly-shally
be indecisive
dilly-dally
hum and haw
hang back
be unsure
be uncertain
think twice
hold back
be doubtful
hem and haw
be hesitant
shy away
be reluctant
hold off
be unwilling
pull back
think about
sit on fence
procrastinate
tarry
postpone
play for time
use delaying tactics
put off
kick the can down the road
prevaricate
gain time
hang fire
beat about the bush
drag one's feet
play a waiting game
be evasive
palter
avoid committing oneself
use Fabian tactics
stall for time
take your time
avoid making a decision
adjourn
prolong
protract
retard
lag
poke
cool
goldbrick
loiter
drag
stay
drag one's heels
postpone action
drag your feet
be dilatory
suspend action
defer action
let slide
take a raincheck
put off doing something
be undecided
stonewall
filibuster
divert
distract
buy time
take one's time
avoid the issue
beat around the bush
hold over
blow hot and cold
balance
pussyfoot around
be irresolute
sit on the fence
waffle
yo-yo
sway
tremble
dodge
shrink
shy
chop and change
flip-flop
faff about
be ambivalent
reel
get cold feet
run hot and cold
be in two minds
mess about
quibble
waste time
be non-committal
flinch
dodge the issue
evade the issue
quail
flannel
jib
be unable to make up your mind
parry questions
recoil
fudge the issue
evade
rest
faff around
shudder
trifle
straggle
shake
duck the question
totter
shuffle
diddle
creep
crawl
lollygag
lallygag
mark time
draw back
mope
hobble
have doubts
hang around
be unable to decide
hang about
shrink back
beg the question
whiffle
change one's mind
wince
see-saw
quiver
desist
vary
rock
cringe
start
lurch
change
fudge
take a break
sidestep
refuse
swing
eschew
idle
call time
have a breather
shrink from
quaver
blench
take a breather
stop briefly
squinch
cower
quake
roll
weasel
recoil from
flinch from
take ten
take five
be vague
hang on
shirk
jive
tergiverse
shuck
while away time
putter
blanch
mince words
duck
keep changing your mind
cop out
run around
kill time
stay put
lag behind
goof off
pass the buck
go from one extreme to the other
drag your heels
cop a plea
let the grass grow under one's feet
limp
wobble about
wiggle-waggle
be on the fence
will and will not
potter
tumble
sit tight
hold on
straddle
fence-straddle
bobble
change mind
slouch
loll
fence
keep changing one's mind
mess around
hold your horses
hold your fire
move slowly
be on the horns of a dilemma
parry
um and ah
second-guessing oneself
doubt yourself
become unsteady
have misgivings
doubt oneself
sit around
be tardy
be long
fool around
bide
be ambiguous
cavil
remain
express misgivings
express reservations
express reluctance
elude
con
adumbrate
double-talk
escape
lie
falsify
fib
jump back
react
resile
flicker
shuffle about
carom
stickle
stick
spring back
balk at
swerve
blink
stay back
cover up
straddle the fence
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
warm a chair
hang round
tail
trail
tool
lose time
get no place fast
lodge
goof around
hold the phone
stop over
trim
tell white lie
cloud the issue
duck the issue
give run around
dance around
euphemize
tapdance
be tentative
dodder
whiffle waffle
wait and see
be cagey
be divided
amble
plod
hang back from
hesitate to
vacillate about
scruple about
feel uncertain
wonder about
second-guessing yourself
fudge and mudge
back and fill
think something unlikely
be dubious
lack conviction
be sceptical
have misgivings about
have scruples about
think twice about
have qualms about
be chary of
be reluctant about
resist
careen
shamble
toddle
waddle
wait around
have doubts about
have reservations about
harbour suspicions about
express reservations about
harbour reservations about
fluctuate on
feel uneasy about
have hesitations about
express suspicions about
entertain doubts about
have suspicions about
have one's doubts about
shy away from
be coy about
be cagey about
be shy about
be slow
fall behind
shiver
cease
horse around
potter around
potter round
potter about
not keep pace
back away
break
discontinue
trip
topple
walk unsteadily
slip
wheel
zigzag
slide
shimmy
blunder
weave
sidestep the issue
avoid
interrupt
scorn
disdain
refuse to
hedge one's bets
be noncommittal
mince one's words
give the run around
break off
quail at
be unwilling to
crimp
demur from
shy from
draw back from
be reluctant to
hesitate over
scruple to
cramp
pull up
sideline
suspend
take a breath
reflect
drop
jib at
hate to
not like to
take exception to
draw the line at
let up
stop short
rein in
turn down
upset apple cart
put on hold
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
stop what you're doing
more ❯
Verb
▲
To store or set aside for future use
save
reserve
keep
store
hoard
retain
withhold
conserve
hold
preserve
stockpile
amass
collect
devote
earmark
bank
dedicate
secure
stash
gather
spare
accumulate
allocate
cache
economise
UK
economize
US
treasure
hide away
lay aside
put aside
put away
set aside
stash away
hang on to
keep in reserve
lay away
lay by
put to one side
squirrel away
stow away
put by
garner
salt away
lay up
store up
lay in
squirrel
deposit
stow
invest
hide
husband
sock away
scrape together
maintain
pile up
assemble
keep back
glean
heap up
hold on to
consecrate
buy up
hang onto
hold onto
possess
scrounge
set by
cling to
build up
round up
give up to
scrimp
conceal
hive
scratch together
put aside for rainy day
stock
have
hold back
put in
save up
rack up
run up
keep possession of
put down
stock up
scare up
pick up
tot up
acquire
heap
uphold
perpetuate
pay in
cherish
nurture
stock up on
keep up
set apart
keep hold of
hold fast to
scratch up
keep to yourself
put away for a rainy day
put by for a rainy day
draw together
load up on
coffer
scrape up
rake together
rustle up
pack
load
pile
mound
speculate
hill
mass
have an account
buffer
omit
cumulate
harvest
clear
keep on hand
build up stocks
bring together
continue
sustain
get hold of
put aside for a rainy day
tuck away
put in the bank
save for rainy day
stack up
leave behind
keep from
hush up
keep alive
keep going
carry on
keep out
safeguard
budget
use sparingly
bury
economize on
be frugal with
use economically
secrete
shelve
ensconce
manage thriftily
file
repress
stifle
retain possession of
own
keep for oneself
hold in
lay down
set something by
contain
command
save for a rainy day
not part with
detain
enjoy
grasp
grip
cover
plant
ditch
screen
duck
put in the hole
park
retain in one's possession
continue with
hold fast
keep possession
cleave to
continue to have
clutch on to
clean up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To act in a submissive manner
truckle
kowtow
toady
submit
yield
fawn
concede
crouch
pander
apple-polish
bootlick
brown-nose
crawl
cringe
fuss
grovel
stoop
suck up
bend the knee
be obsequious
brownnose
cajole
flatter
give in
give way
kiss-up
make up
massage
oil
prostrate oneself
smoodge
stroke
woo
bow and scrape
curry favour
UK
curry favor
US
fawn on
pander to
abase oneself before
be servile
butter up
curry favor with
US
curry favour with
UK
dance attendance on
honey up
ingratiate oneself with
kiss up to
knuckle under
lick boots
pay court
fall all over
kiss one's feet
lay it on
play up to
scratch one's back
suck up to
fall on one's knees
eulogize
US
praise
be sycophantic to
be obsequious to
kowtow to
be servile to
crawl to
creep to
truckle to
soft-soap
sweet-talk
toady to
pay court to
grovel before
cringe before
praise to excess
blandish
cotton
make up to
jolly
fall over oneself for
kneel
slaver
creep
court
debase
abase
snow
eulogise
UK
smarm around
bow
scrape
cower
invite
praise to the skies
smoodge to
sing the praises of
bow and scrape before
be all over
rub up the right way
cave in to
be at beck and call
cater to
lay it on thick
lay it on with a trowel
buddy up
be sycophantic towards
be servile towards
grovel to
be obsequious towards
keep someone sweet
lick someone's boots
abase oneself to
demean oneself to
bow and scrape to
seek the favour of
cultivate
get round
be sycophantic
abase oneself
keep sweet
fawn over
prostrate oneself to
try to get on the good side of
try to win over
quail
bend
wheedle
humble oneself
behave obsequiously
defer to
eat dirt
sneak
ingratiate
kiss the feet of
win the favor of
ingratiate yourself with
ingratiate yourself
play up
fawn upon
submit to
persuade
humor
US
coax
implore
snivel
revere
pamper
humour
UK
genuflect
puff
adulate
overpraise
blarney
belaud
inveigle
honey
fold
prostrate
build up
prevail on
hero-worship
talk into
spread it on
work on
soften
get on the right side of
prostrate oneself before
bow to
demean yourself
abase yourself
humble yourself
eat crow
make much of
throw oneself at someone's feet
show respect for
say uncle
cave in
toe the mark
go along with
lie down and roll over
patronize
US
cherish
patronise
UK
mix with
keep company with
seek someone's company
dance attendance upon
make advances to
get on the good side of
shine up to
get in with
seek the friendship of
butter up to
try to get someone on one's side
run after
associate with
try to get on someone's good side
get in someone's good books
seek out
consort with
more ❯
Verb
▲
To prevent from progress
retard
arrest
check
decelerate
delay
handicap
brake
clog
detain
hinder
impede
obstruct
encumber
postpone
slow down
stall
hamper
curb
hamstring
hold back
hold up
inhibit
set back
slow up
interrupt
keep back
put back
restrain
restrict
slacken
slow
cumber
stay
trammel
baffle
baulk
UK
balk
US
bog
choke
crimp
dawdle
decrease
down
falter
fetter
flag
hesitate
interfere with
lessen
loaf
loiter
mire
poke
reduce
retardate
put a brake on
back off
bog down
choke off
close off
hang up
let up
shut down
shut off
take down
bring to screeching halt
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
foil
stymie
thwart
derail
hobble
block
pause
protract
repress
prevent
cramp
cripple
halt
withhold
prorogue
deter
remit
stop
shelve
shackle
intermit
confine
hold
bar
frustrate
prolong
handcuff
put off
stave off
hold off on
hold over
make late
hog-tie
get in the way of
stand in the way of
manacle
embarrass
short-circuit
tie up
constrain
get in the way
bridle
disrupt
oppose
bork
interfere
cramp one's style
forestall
curtail
prohibit
debar
tie
faze
bind
entangle
scupper
crab
stonewall
inconvenience
be a hindrance to
cut off
throw a spanner in the works
discontinue
bottleneck
muzzle
burden
neutralize
US
contravene
neutralise
UK
resist
counteract
ward off
freeze
discomfit
rattle
dam
chain
disconcert
catch
foul up
screw up
ensnare
enmesh
net
capture
box in
shut out
louse up
straiten
snag
discourage
give a hard time
saddle with
entrap
throw a spoke in the wheel of
hem in
limit
tether
suppress
dissuade
smother
quash
stifle
affect
disturb
rein in
forbid
suspend
tamper
influence
confuse
sandbag
ward
avert
taboo
bit
interdict
outlaw
enjoin
snooker
jam
incommode
conflict
trouble
discommode
defeat
puzzle
confound
stump
spoil
mystify
hold in
put an end to
hold down
keep in
scotch
nonplus
put on brakes
put an stop to
nip in the bud
stem the flow of
flummox
put on hold
dead-end
pigeonhole
throw a monkey wrench into
put on back burner
put paid to
corner
upset
give the run around
hold off
put the kibosh on
hang fire
leash
debilitate
weigh down
drag one's feet
tie one's hands
more ❯
Verb
▲
Be subjected to
undergo
endure
experience
suffer
sustain
bear
go through
stand
weather
withstand
face
receive
brave
encounter
feel
have
know
pass
see
submit to
support
taste
tolerate
undertake
witness
abide
be subjected to
bow
brook
engage in
live through
share
thole
wear
yield
come in for
bear up
cope with
meet with
put up with
accept
take
stomach
hack
handle
countenance
absorb
swallow
bide
go
meet
pocket
live with
stick
sit tight
concede
hang tough
hang in
sweat out
stick out
be big about
consent
acknowledge
stand for
hang in there
bear with
allow
permit
be doing with
sanction
resist
go along with
indulge
condone
admit of
admit
agree to
approve of
deal with
consent to
ride out
sit through
stand up to
grin and bear it
bear the brunt of
authorize
US
survive
cope
digest
authorise
UK
tough out
shoulder
confront
defy
lump it
sweat
accede to
approve
let
acquiesce
hear of
see through
favour
UK
favor
US
take something lying down
humour
UK
humor
US
hold with
stick with
hold out against
take kindly to
abide by
resign oneself to
face up to
sit still for
stay the course
green-light
subject oneself to
sit and take it
take patiently
wait out
grin and bear
contend with
give the green light to
bear up under
grapple with
come up against
take on
submit
persist
persevere
manage
be big
lump
reconcile
assume
allow for
resign oneself
reconcile oneself
license
UK
pass through
be reconciled to
come to grips with
submit oneself to
carry
be forced to contend with
be faced with
licence
US
bite the bullet
get on with
take it
recognize
US
ignore
give permission to
be subject to
allow to
give the go-ahead to
permit to
grant
grant permission to
yield to
recognise
UK
wink at
hear
concede to
string along
blink at
sit out
tough out it
see out
bow to
see through to the bitter end
eat
turn a blind eye to
fall for
live out
stand firm against
reconcile oneself to
become accustomed to
become resigned to
be patient with
become reconciled to
get used to
never say die in the face of
make the best of
learn to live with
endorse
encourage
back
help
approbate
abet
commend
aid
champion
overcome
outlast
confirm
invite
advocate
applaud
uphold
surmount
be in favour of
come through
be impermeable to
prevail against
be impervious to
stick it out
die hard against
persevere against
bear up against
hold out
be proof against
pull through
persist with
get through
be resistant to
put John Hancock on
give the nod
give the go ahead to
stomach something
go for
smile on
give the okay to
sign off on
give stamp of approval
get behind
give green light
give the thumbs up to
nod at
thumbs up
tackle
dare
engage
fight
battle
court
oppose
beard
eyeball
risk
cross
challenge
venture
affront
be drawn against
meet head-on
outbrave
make a stand
outface
face off
take the bull by the horns
go up against
play
brace for
brazen
square off
fly in face of
be confronted by
accost
bit the bullet
play against
breast
more ❯
Verb
▲
To fail to care for or pay attention to
neglect
overlook
disregard
ignore
discount
forget
abandon
bypass
overpass
shirk
skip
dismiss
forsake
avoid
contemn
desert
discard
omit
pretermit
depreciate
elide
evade
miss
overleap
postpone
procrastinate
reject
scant
underestimate
leave undone
pass over
be lax about
gloss over
let pass
not attend to
pay no attention to
pay no heed to
pay no mind
set aside
skimp on
brush aside
brush off
fail to look after
leave alone
let go
let slide
lose sight of
not care for
procrastinate over
shrug off
take no notice of
think little of
be remiss about
not care
pass up
pay little attention to
slur over
tune out
turn a deaf ear to
turn your back on
be careless
be derelict
be indifferent
fail to care for
fail to provide for
live with
not trouble oneself
be irresponsible
be negligent
be remiss
laugh off
be remiss in
keep at arm's length
make light of
throw to the winds
trifle with
keep one's distance
fail to remember
look the other way
have nothing to do with
not remember
turn one's back on
slight
turn a blind eye to
fail
pass by
give up
leave out
leave
waive
forgo
whitewash
condone
excuse
forfeit
dispense with
wink at
blink at
paper over
surrender
forego
yield
escape
decline
renounce
eschew
spurn
pass
unheed
remit
connive
unmind
fail to take advantage of
dodge
take no account of
gloze over
put aside
shut eyes to
do without
turn a blind eye
skip over
shun
sidestep
duck
relinquish
blow
refuse
elude
turn down
drop
cede
shake
botch
forgive
pardon
lose
get around
run away from
let something slide
get out of
funk
duck-shove
weasel out of
wriggle out of
cut
finesse
scape
miss out on
quit
slough off
delay
minimize
US
cop out of
fail to take
fail to grasp
lose out on
let slip
drop the ball
be oblivious to
sacrifice
miss out
duck out of
shuffle out of
blow off
turn back on
shelve
minimise
UK
push aside
fail to notice
put off
pooh-pooh
give something a miss
leave be
play down
fail to spot
hold off
write off
let ride
not choose
close the eyes to
waste
squander
skirt
blank over
put behind you
erase from your mind
put out of your mind
deny oneself
cushion
lose track of
short-circuit
dance around
shy from
blank
not take into consideration
leave something undone
blink
pussyfoot around
tergiversate
skirt round
disbelieve
let go by
let something go downhill
avoid considering
close one's eyes to
not dwell on
cold-shoulder
keep one's distance from
fend off
go around
shake off
give the slip to
lay low from
leave out of account
let off easy
send to Coventry
brush away
turn a deaf ear
connive at
undersell
dispel
concede
fritter away
expend
withgo
doubt
let something go to seed
lay aside
take with a pinch of salt
give no credence to
pass something up
shirk from
steer clear of
give a miss
skim over
play hooky
bunk off
flee
go over the head of
misheed
reschedule
exclude
never mind
stop thinking about
look through
let it go
take no notice
turn blind eye
pay no mind to
turn deaf ear
shut your eyes to
close your eyes to
not take into account
bury one's head in sand
antedate
resign
abjure
abdicate
put on hold
mothball
put on back burner
take a rain check on
hold off on
put on ice
give rain check
put on the back burner
precede
antecede
preexist
predate
disclaim
hand over
stay
hold up
disown
allow
remove
refrain from
grant
sign away
table
turn over
suspend
prorogue
renege
reserve
refrain
pay no attention
fail to see
let fall between the cracks
fail to observe
look past
leave out of consideration
leave unnoticed
slip up on
abstain from
go without
belittle
flout
trivialize
US
trivialise
UK
cock a snook at
scoff at
refuse to acknowledge
wave aside
think no more of
sweep aside
forget about
have no time for
shuffle off
body-swerve
not attend
shrink from
scrimshank
mislay
misplace
play truant from
creep
parry
dog
cheat
bludge
slide out of
fence
miscarry
muff
blunder
flub
avert
bob off
skive off
let go of
fail to seize
pass on
trip up
fall short of
fail at
lie down on job
snub
ostracize
US
give the cold shoulder
rebuff
ostracise
UK
repudiate
blackball
blacklist
freeze out
give someone the brush-off
coldshoulder
scorn
disdain
cast aside
banish
despise
excommunicate
cut someone cold
have done with
look right through
pay no heed
shut out
cut someone dead
disparage
boycott
disapprove
repulse
repel
nix
reprobate
knock back
give someone the go-by
give the cold shoulder to
negative
deselect
take no heed of
say no to
baulk at
put out of one's mind
hand someone the frozen mitt
not buy
throw out
balk at
leave out in the cold
leave behind
expel
look straight through
joke about
downplay
close your eyes
be oblivious
sail by
walk by
make a joke of
give somebody the cold shoulder
sweep something aside
leave well enough alone
refuse to have anything to do with
absolve yourself
laugh something off
tolerate
circumvent
debar
treat lightly
wink
dissimulate
leave in the cold
bilk
keep away from
keep clear of
circumnavigate
hack
override
treat with contempt
pour cold water on
throw cold water on
trample on
withhold from
desist from
give the thumbs down to
not accept
not heed
not take advantage of
stay away from
hide from
make allowances for
let someone off with
let something ride
deliberately ignore
ride roughshod over
pretend not to notice
sink
wash your hands of
close one's mind to
reckon without
work around
defy
deny
disrespect
scout
relegate
consign to oblivion
disobey
disesteem
vilipend
put to one side
fail to anticipate
disfavour
UK
disfavor
US
have contempt for
have no use for
deprecate
denigrate
diminish
cancel
do away with
abolish
cut out
fail to take account of
discredit
elope
run away
abscond
kiss off
put away
laugh away
dispose of
put a stop to
render needless
run off
put an end to
get rid of
knock something on the head
tell someone to get lost
negate
withdraw
turn deaf ear to
turn from
jib at
protest
hold out
turn away
refuse to receive
throw over
not budge on
demur
send off
send one's regrets
protest at
desist
demur at
hold back
draw the line at
say no
give thumbs down to
shake one's head
jilt
veto
abnegate
disfellowship
burn
unfollow
unfriend
put down
cast out
break with
cut off
give a wide berth to
swear off
give the elbow
kick someone in the teeth
leave off
give someone the big E
cut dead
give someone the air
have nothing more to do with
bin off
give someone the push
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