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To have prevented oneself from
Past tense for to postpone or assign to a later time or date
Past tense for to delay action until a particular time or event
Past tense for to be delayed or not happen until a particular time or event
Past tense for to cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
Past tense for to close or block an opening
Past tense for to resist or stand up to (something)
(
of an action or event
)
Past tense for to prevent from happening
Past tense for to delay taking action
Past tense for to struggle or fight back when attacked
Past tense for to delay or put aside for future consideration
Past tense for to stall or put off through evasion
Past tense for to delay action until a particular time or event
Past tense for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
Past tense for to make longer in time or duration
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Verb
▲
To have prevented oneself from
helped
avoided
refrained from
stopped
averted
dodged
evaded
prevented
abstained
abstained from
bypassed
circumvented
controlled
deflected
desisted
diverted
ducked
eluded
escaped
forbore
got around
passed up
precluded
resisted
restrained from
shied from
shirked
shook off
shrank from
sidestepped
skipped
skipped out on
skirted
stayed away
stayed away from
steered clear
steered clear of
withstood
broke the habit of
fended off
forbore from
got out of
kept from
neutralised
UK
shunned
warded off
anticipated
arrested
blocked
checked
checkmated
compensated for
counteracted
counterbalanced
deterred
eschewed
forbade
forbid
forestalled
frustrated
halted
headed off
hindered
impeded
interfered with
made up for
negated
neutralized
US
nullified
obviated
offset
offsetted
prohibited
provided
shook
stalled
staved off
stove off
ceased
declined
denied yourself
desisted from
did without
forwent
gave up
kicked
left off
refused
renounced
withheld from
repelled
kept at bay
repulsed
kept off
held back
defended against
obstructed
fought off
parried
foiled
put off
put a stop to
turned aside
put to flight
shut out
thwarted
rebutted
discouraged
forfended
intercepted
kept at arm's length
kept away
rebuffed
inhibited
protected against
beat off
put an end to
turned away
fenced
beat back
held at bay
sent packing
turned back
curbed
defended
guarded
restrained
screened
bulwarked
delayed
countered
warded
kept
repressed
restricted
fended
ruled out
stonewalled
shielded against
beaten off
kept from happening
drove back
nipped in the bud
driven back
brushed off
defended oneself against
set back
forced back
safeguarded against
thrusted back
chased away
put a damper on
guarded against
drove away
driven away
beaten back
protected
shielded
safeguarded
secured
suppressed
covered
withheld
retarded
balked
US
holp
holpen
indisposed
quieted
opposed
nixed
shaken
saved
forefended
kept lid on
shielded yourself from
kept at a distance
filibustered
knocked down
turned off
drove off
stood up for
denied oneself
debarred
saw off
baulked
UK
forced away
seen off
fought back
poured cold water on
hampered
forced off
interrupted
staved
stood off
stove
interdicted
kept back
discontinued
withholden
gotten around
shaken off
forborne
shrunk from
thrown cold water on
threw cold water on
drawn away
drew away
done without
broken the habit of
gotten out of
given up
forgone
forborne from
beat
cut
bilked
finessed
fought shy of
skirted round
scaped
kept away from
weaseled out of
run away from
shuffled out of
weaselled out of
shortcutted
had nothing to do with
wriggled out of
escaped from
given a wide berth to
gave a wide berth to
ignored
kept clear of
missed
lost
cheated
skived
funked
ditched
given the slip
skived off
gave the slip
found a way round
left behind
beaten
snubbed
ran away from
cold-shouldered
fled
juked
shied away from
quit
recoiled from
kept one's distance from
stayed shy of
burked
gave something a miss
given something a miss
shucked
baffled
slipped through the net of
copped out of
gave a wide berth
given a wide berth
hid from
cut dead
passed over
slid out of
found a way out of
shied
pulled out of
gotten away from
cut out
got round
turned back on
cut someone cold
got away from
weaselled
UK
backed out of
gone around
went around
circumnavigated
spurned
omitted
reneged
disregarded
overlooked
defeated
fielded
outflanked
quitted
backpedalled
UK
revoked
abandoned
backpedaled
US
welshed
deserted
tergiversated
tricked
outmanoeuvred
UK
pussyfooted
slipped
outrun
fudged
weaseled
US
departed from
escaped the clutches of
short-circuited
backed off
broken away from
danced around
answered evasively
kept your distance
weaseled out
kept out of the way of
slipped through the net
slipped away from
run around
excused
broke away from
led on a merry chase
neglected
winked at
flown
backed down
blinked at
turned away from
left alone
snuck away
run from
held back from
doubled
given the runaround
outwitted
extricated oneself from
slipped through your fingers
copped out
pussyfooted around
gave the runaround
slipped out
dispensed with
had no part of
backed out
deviated from
ducked out of
outmaneuvered
US
wriggled
fast forwarded
avoided dealing with
skimmed over
fenced off
flew
left out
balked at
withdrawn
withdrew
gotten out
weaselled out
got out
gave the cold shoulder
given the cold shoulder
gone around the barn
took back road
went around the barn
taken back road
outran
end-ran
ran from
gave the slip to
thrown off the scent
ran around
gotten away
given the slip to
got away
threw off the scent
gave the cold shoulder to
given someone the go-by
given the cold shoulder to
gave someone the go-by
given someone the brush-off
gave someone the brush-off
taken a rain check
took a rain check
more ❯
“The chairman of the board usually holds enough proxy votes to
hold off
any challenge.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to postpone or assign to a later time or date
postponed
deferred
delayed
adjourned
remitted
put off
put aside
put on hold
put on ice
put on the back burner
shelved
held off on
rescheduled
suspended
prorogued
mothballed
put back
stalled
put on the shelf
held back
held over
procrastinated
put on back burner
put over
set aside
parked
reserved
detained
held
withheld
continued
retained
suppressed
hanged
hung
cooled
respited
contained
paused
tabled
perendinated
laid over
renounced
neglected
avoided
left
waited
held up
dawdled
dallied
stayed
withholden
holden
took offline
taken offline
taken a rain check on
took a rain check on
given rain check
gave rain check
more ❯
“I'll call to see if we can
hold off
our meeting until a little later in the day.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to delay action until a particular time or event
paused
waited
deferred
delayed
held back
postponed
hung back
hung fire
refrained from
put something off
sat tight
took no action
taken no action
avoided doing something
played a waiting game
kept from doing something
bode your time
bided your time
held your horses
put on hold
filled time
stalled
kept your shirt on
been patient
werepatient
was patient
lain in wait
lay in wait
held everything
abided
countdowned
hanged
waited on
killed time
saved it
kicked your heels
awaited
sat up for
waited in the wings
hung onto your hat
held the line
held your fire
held on
waited a minute
hung
held your water
stood by
rested
passed the time
held one's breath
twiddled thumbs
hung on
cooled it
sweated it
held the phone
looked forward
waited patiently
abode
sweated it out
stayed up for
cooled your heels
marked time
wasted time
lain low
lay low
more ❯
“The group agrees to
hold off
on any real decisions until replacements are hired.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to be delayed or not happen until a particular time or event
kept off
stayed away
not happened
“We are just hoping that the rain will
hold off
until after the outdoor event has finished.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
weaned
stopped
halted
ceased
discontinued
refrained from
desisted from
quit
quitted
forbore from
forborne from
broke off
broken off
cut out
called a halt to
called it a day
gave up
given up
abandoned
abstained from
left off
knocked off
packed in
suspended
desisted
forsook
forsaken
laid off
lay off
passed up
precluded
relinquished
renounced
resisted
skipped
steered clear of
belayed
belaid
bypassed
finished
kept from
stayed away from
axed
backed off from
canned
checked out from
dropped
forwent
forgone
gave over
given over
packed up
pulled out of
put a stop to
refused
reined in
restrained from
shrank from
shrunk from
swore off
sworn off
withheld from
called it quits on
detached
jacked in
kiboshed
put an end to
surceased from
shunned
passed on
denied oneself
waived
eschewed
got off
dispensed with
kept off
avoided
shied from
skipped out on
left out
not touched
ditched
foregone
forewent
done without
did without
gone without
went without
gotten off
cut off
shut off
ended
cut short
kicked
let up
terminated
broke
broken
brake
concluded
brought to an end
broke up
broken up
wound up
interrupted
laid off of
surceased
set aside
pulled the plug on
called it quits
put the kibosh on
refrained
brought to a halt
canceled
US
cancelled
UK
closed
abjured
elapsed
abstained
cut
checked
scrapped
determined
winked out
quit cold
cut it out
dead-ended
shut down
left alone
had done with
forswore
forsworn
expired
lapsed
passed
blocked
repudiated
disavowed
scrubbed
intermitted
called off
nipped in the bud
brought to a stop
packed it in
forbore
forborne
rescinded
repealed
declined
died
arrested
revoked
aborted
killed
obstructed
abolished
curbed
spurned
withdrawn
withdrew
rejected
stayed
stemmed
failed
intervened
culminated
remitted
stopped oneself from
kicked over
resigned from
restrained oneself from
cut into
closed down
wrapped up
put paid to
turned your back on
forlet
brought to a close
let alone
knocked something on the head
sat out
put a cork in
closed out
put the lid on
quit cold turkey
kicked the habit
dissolved
completed
abrogated
disowned
discarded
disclaimed
gone
went
shaken
shook
resolved
surrendered
jettisoned
yielded
betrayed
paused
disturbed
annulled
impeded
prevented
scratched
shelved
adjourned
abdicated
junked
stalled
withheld
sundered
recessed
barred
forfeited
ignored
disconnected
disrupted
staunched
disunited
separated
parted
dissevered
interposed
disjoined
interfered with
given a rest
come to an end
settled
done not
laid aside
missed out on
gave something a miss
backed off
gave a rest
had nothing to do with
come to a close
resisted the temptation to
wiped out
reneged on
changed one's tune
crowned
stood down from
did away with
given the chop
chucked
got shut of
said goodbye to
wound down
rounded out
died down
given a wide berth to
gotten out of
ended up
parted from
rounded off
called a halt
finished off
did not
stopped having
consummated
disposed of
pulled the plug
jilted
rested
held back from
gave a wide berth to
prevented oneself from
gave the chop
eighty-sixed
switched off
brought to end
phased out
hung it up
closed off
parted with
finished with
wrapped
stopped trying
divorced
retired from
wrapt
held back
sewed up
escaped from
ultimated
stopped doing
sacrificed
come off
given something a miss
cried off
done away with
got out of
stopped using
topped off
brought to a standstill
sewn up
dusted off
ceased to indulge in
yolden
yold
withholden
backed out of
blown the whistle on
blew the whistle on
broken into
broke into
came to a close
gotten rid of
blown off
bagged it
got rid of
blew off
came to an end
taken the cure
gotten on the wagon
took the cure
got on the wagon
got shot of
gotten shot of
gotten done
got done
came off
threw in the towel
threw in the sponge
thrown in the towel
thrown in the sponge
wrote off
thrown up
withdrawn from
threw up
written off
broke with
withdrew from
forgot about
broken with
forgotten about
gone cold turkey
went cold turkey
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to close or block an opening
stopped
stemmed
held back
blocked
checked
slowed
staunched
contained
plugged
restricted
arrested
barricaded
caulked
clogged
curbed
curtailed
dammed
hindered
restrained
sealed
stifled
barred
blockaded
blocked out
clogged up
closed out
closed up
cut off
filled
filled up
halted
impeded
inhibited
jammed
prevented
stymied
suppressed
blocked up
bridled
bunged up
choked
choked up
closed
closed off
controlled
intercepted
jammed up
obstructed
packed
repressed
shut off
stalled
stanched
stayed
stopped up
stuffed
blocked off
bunged
interfered with
limited
occluded
shut out
stonewalled
thwarted
bottled
choked off
congested
gagged
muzzled
plugged up
stoppered
withheld
swallowed
smothered
submerged
strangled
denied
kept back
held in
held down
choked back
withholden
sunk
sunken
sank
kept in check
bottled up
concealed
fought back
reined in
muffled
hid
kept the lid on
pocketed
corked up
kept under control
buttoned up
put a lid on
kept a lid on
silenced
quenched
quashed
hidden
constrained
deadened
subdued
covered up
hushed up
gulped back
overcome
quelled
corked
harbored
US
dampened
diminished
lessened
kept secret
decreased
extinguished
bitten back
bit back
harboured
UK
toned down
reduced
mastered
squelched
disguised
cooled
composed
dissembled
veiled
collected
buried
held in check
kept dark
simmered down
kept in
kept quiet about
mellowed
cloaked
retained
put on hold
put on ice
retarded
suffocated
overcame
softened
moderated
masked
screened
governed
overpowered
cushioned
squashed
frustrated
killed
drowned
belied
snuffed
slowed down
put the brakes on
reserved
kept a tight rein on
internalized
US
shut in
kept under your hat
damped down
put down
kept unknown
internalised
UK
nipped in the bud
not told
secreted
kept cover
blotted out
damped
shielded
resisted
kept under wraps
put a damper on
kept mum about
papered over
put damper on
guarded
suspended
detained
ceased
bitten one's lip
bit one's lip
refused
laid off
held off on
discontinued
refused to pay
regulated
held
mitigated
alleviated
dulled
blunted
boxed up
kept feeling inside oneself
crushed
fought
clotted
licked
shushed
not given away
hid from view
swept under the carpet
protected
got under control
lowered
kept a rein on
gotten under control
soft-pedalled
quietened
harshed
quietened down
drawn a veil over
snuffed out
stewed
censored
drew a veil over
made less active
withstood
soaked up
depressed
clamped down on
reined back
conquered
glossed over
cracked down on
muted
deflated
soft-pedaled
gulped
reined
buttressed
eased
absorbed
sat on
swept under the rug
hidden from view
absorpt
slapped down
mulled over
blacked out
kept inside
kept quiet
opposed
kept in the dark
brought to a standstill
lightened
lay off
holden
foughten
gotten rid of
took the edge off
got rid of
taken the edge off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to resist or stand up to (something)
held out
resisted
fended off
fought against
fought off
kept off
kept at bay
squared up to
stood up to
beared up against
stood fast against
stood firm against
stood your ground
held the line against
put up with
put up struggle
endured
beared
tolerated
stood
faced
sustained
bucked
coped
fought
contested
hung tough
grappled with
suffered
stuck
traversed
stuck fast
sat and took it
violated
disputed
coped with
survived
weathered
confronted
thwarted
lived through
persevered in the face of
held out against
stood firm
crossed
braced
defied
prevailed against
won out
braved
duelled
UK
remained firm
dueled
US
stood fast
hung on
held your ground
opposed
combated
stood up against
combatted
sticked
repelled
withstood
borne
bore
gone the distance against
took on
took
ridden out
taken it
taken on
taken
flown in the face of
took it
foughten
flew in the face of
went the distance against
rode out
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
of an action or event
)
Past tense for to prevent from happening
stopped
thwarted
foiled
forestalled
circumvented
countered
cramped
curbed
derailed
opposed
prevented
stymied
defeated
got out of
gotten out of
beat
beaten
bypassed
escaped
evaded
frustrated
prohibited
put paid to
balked
US
baulked
UK
circumnavigated
counteracted
hindered
impeded
inhibited
nullified
obstructed
overturned
scotched
stood in the way of
staved off
stove off
checked
crimped
defended against
deflected
disrupted
headed off
held back
interdicted
interfered with
limited
repressed
restrained
restricted
retarded
sidestepped
skirted
steered clear of
warded off
averted
avoided
barred
blocked
crashed
ditched
did for
done for
juked
kept lid on
outwitted
put the kibosh on
put the stopper on
ruined
scuppered
shut out
spoiled
US
spoilt
UK
stalled
stonewalled
stumped
took down
taken down
took wind out of
taken wind out of
trammelled
trammeled
unsettled
upset
wrecked
cut off
put on hold
put on back burner
hampered
encumbered
fettered
handicapped
hobbled
shackled
baffled
clogged
handcuffed
manacled
embarrassed
crippled
confounded
snookered
puzzled
nonplussed
mystified
flummoxed
crabbed
shelved
cornered
pigeonholed
held up
hog-tied
short-circuited
tied up
hung up
cramped one's style
choked off
dead-ended
hung fire
threw a spanner in the works
thrown a spanner in the works
thrown a monkey wrench in the works of
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
gave the run around
given the run around
thrown a monkey wrench into
threw a monkey wrench into
hamstrung
hamstringed
put a stop to
put an end to
dashed
constrained
arrested
slowed down
halted
slowed
put the mockers on
bridled
set back
cumbered
upset the applecart
delayed
stifled
deterred
checkmated
put a spoke in someone's wheel
put a brake on
borked
curtailed
put the lid on
fouled up
discomfited
disappointed
quashed
confined
nipped in the bud
interrupted
smashed
suppressed
confused
put off
nobbled
bilked
neutralized
US
shut off
shut down
fazed
loused up
neutralised
UK
destroyed
tied
messed up
subdued
crossed
forbid
perplexed
bewildered
debarred
entangled
bamboozled
discombobulated
offset
foxed
contravened
gravelled
UK
graveled
US
mazed
screwed up
wildered
floored
sabotaged
put at a disadvantage
obfuscated
gotten in the way
got in the way
crushed
squashed
precluded
rooted
negated
quelled
disadvantaged
held
burdened
bemused
bound
scuttled
clobbered
interfered
vexed
vext
befuddled
annulled
rattled
disoriented
addled
fuddled
muddled
buffaloed
got in the way of
gotten in the way of
disconcerted
befogged
staggered
muddied
posed
slowed up
brought up short
got
stultified
overcome
circumscribed
shipwrecked
constricted
squelched
inconvenienced
straitened
traversed
extinguished
forbidden
forbade
leashed
suspended
sandbagged
ended
dumbfounded
queered
detained
braked
withheld
dissuaded from
dished
thrown
threw
stupefied
bucked
canceled
US
cancelled
UK
offsetted
spiked
held down
bothered
played off
cooked someone's goose
choked
nixed
weighed down
chained
put on brakes
put straitjacket on
put out of commission
bogged down
dragged your feet
cracked down on
fogged
stunned
flabbergasted
distracted
placed at a disadvantage
saddled with
stamped out
put a crimp in
put at a loss
given a hard time
gave a hard time
disorientated
put the brakes on
put back
cut short
caused to be at a stand
put the damper on
made your head spin
closed off
put in an unfavourable position
setted someone thinking
put end to
brought to an end
put a damper on
made someone scratch their head
kept back
snafued
holden
bounden
given the slip
gave the slip
subverted
blew your mind
gone to your head
blown your mind
went to your head
gotten
gat
disempowered
smothered
capped
overcame
reduced
banjaxed
controlled
caught
destabilized
US
licked
regulated
netted
captured
ensnared
enmeshed
outlawed
overloaded
snagged
moderated
finished
delimited
incommoded
tethered
discontinued
enjoined
debilitated
attenuated
demoralized
US
warded
charged
oppressed
discommoded
impaired
sidelined
entrammeled
entrammelled
took the wind out of your sails
taken the wind out of your sails
sapped
emasculated
postponed
bottlenecked
torpedoed
routed
softened
undermined
demoralised
UK
botched
destabilised
UK
challenged
brake
withholden
invalidated
obviated
undone
undid
muzzled
reined in
setted limits on
imposed limits on
dashed one's hope
shattered
held in
shaken
shook
hemmed in
resisted
halted in its tracks
protracted
repelled
deferred
paused
dragged through the mud
kept in
petered out
stood off
dammed
thrown monkey wrench in
threw monkey wrench in
repulsed
parried
prorogued
remitted
queered the pitch of
clipped one's wings
made an end of
brought to a close
stemmed the flow of
flustered
made difficult
intercepted
tied one's hands
poked full of holes
intermitted
counterplotted
buried
prolonged
obscured
wronged
weakened
dazed
killed
ceased
snuffed out
kept within the limits of
boxed in
wiped out
surprised
snowed
strangulated
prevented from making progress
made punchy
brought to screeching halt
disturbed
treated harshly
threw off
took aback
narrowed down
strangled at birth
poured cold water on
slapped down
told against
treated unfavourably
inebriated
backed off
inflicted a handicap on
balled up
taken aback
ruffled
clamped down on
messed with one's head
mixed up
thrown off balance
swept aside
made late
threw off balance
picked off
held over
treated unfairly
thrown off
caused setback
held off on
beat down
intoxicated
retardated
thrown a monkey wrench in the works
threw a monkey wrench in the works
frozen
froze
sank
sunken
sunk
took out
gave disadvantage
given disadvantage
taken out
snew
snown
gotten rid of
got rid of
threw a spoke in the wheel of
thrown a spoke in the wheel of
taken out of play
took out of play
beaten down
got the better of
gotten the better of
took wind out of sails
taken wind out of sails
threw cold water on
thrown cold water on
done a disservice to
did a disservice to
gave a disadvantage to
given a disadvantage to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to delay taking action
procrastinated
dallied
delayed
stalled
dawdled
temporised
UK
temporized
US
adjourned
deferred
dithered
havered
hesitated
postponed
prolonged
protracted
retarded
vacillated
wavered
cooled
goldbricked
lagged
poked
swithered
tarried
waited
dragged
drug
lingered
loitered
paused
stayed
dilly-dallied
put off
deferred action
dragged your feet
let something slide
shilly-shallied
took a raincheck
taken a raincheck
hummed and hawed
played for time
postponed action
hung fire
put off doing something
suspended action
used delaying tactics
played a waiting game
kicked the can down the road
dragged your heels
teetered
faltered
staggered
wobbled
halted
wabbled
scrupled
demurred
hovered
hung back
shied away
held back
fluctuated
oscillated
equivocated
hedged
alternated
tergiversated
dillydallied
straggled
seesawed
pussyfooted
stumbled
deliberated
doubted
stopped
balked
US
boggled
floundered
mammered
hanged
hung
pondered
debated
weighed
pulled back
stayed back
hemmed and hawed
thought twice
baulked
UK
stayed in the background
sat on fence
shrunk back
thought about
shrunken back
shrank back
pussyfooted around
sat on the fence
blew hot and cold
blown hot and cold
balanced
yo-yoed
wasted time
chopped and changed
run hot and cold
changed mind
swayed
trifled
changed
waffled
flip-flopped
kept changing your mind
gotten cold feet
got cold feet
ran hot and cold
varied
dodged
prevaricated
paltered
had doubts
pottered
swung
felt uncertain
wondered about
messed around
hung about
hung around
ummed and ahed
thought something unlikely
lacked conviction
faffed about
whiffled waffled
straddled
whiffled
fence-straddled
expressed suspicions about
had reservations about
whiled away time
expressed reservations about
had doubts about
had hesitations about
entertained doubts about
fluctuated on
had suspicions about
felt uneasy about
harboured suspicions about
harboured reservations about
marked time
killed time
moved slowly
swungen
swang
went from one extreme to the other
gone from one extreme to the other
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to struggle or fight back when attacked
resisted
fought
foughten
combatted
combated
repelled
challenged
counterattacked
assailed
assaulted
attacked
battled
contested
dueled
US
duelled
UK
battled against
struggled against
fought against
struggled with
contended with
faced up to
fended off
stood up to
fought back
kept at bay
put up a fight against
remained firm
stood firm
turned down
warded off
held out against
put up a fight
Verb
▲
Past tense for to delay or put aside for future consideration
pigeonholed
postponed
deferred
shelved
delayed
adjourned
suspended
tabled
filed
laid aside
mothballed
put off
dismissed
held
holden
held over
put back
sidelined
put on ice
held up
put aside
put to one side
put in cold storage
put on hold
put on one side
put on the back burner
put over
put on back burner
stayed
remitted
rescheduled
respited
set aside
prorogued
held in abeyance
laid on the table
laid over
held off on
stalled
continued
retarded
took a rain check on
taken a rain check on
kept in abeyance
carried over
protracted
prolonged
procrastinated
hung fire
put in abeyance
stood over
put off the evil day
put off the evil hour
intermitted
interrupted
extended
recessed
waived
prorogated
detained
slowed
slowed up
hung up
set back
held back
put on the shelf
given rain check
gave rain check
impeded
hindered
checked
obstructed
withheld
lengthened
disbanded
blocked
barred
inactivated
paused
forestayed
temporized
US
temporised
UK
reprieved
suspended proceedings
staved off
slowed down
called it a day
left to another time
cooled it
tied up
called a halt to
did later
ruled out
counted out
given a rain check
stove off
done later
gave a rain check
withholden
canned
frozen
froze
pink-slipped
took a raincheck
taken a raincheck
taken a break
took a breather
took a break
taken a breather
took five
taken five
took a recess
taken a recess
taken a rain check
took a rain check
broke off
broken off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to stall or put off through evasion
fobbed off
stalled
evaded
put off
gave the runaround
given the runaround
ran from
run from
got away from
gotten away from
gave the slip
given the slip
slipped away from
held off on
Verb
▲
Past tense for to delay action until a particular time or event
bode your time
bided your time
waited
held back
was patient
werepatient
been patient
cooled your heels
twiddled thumbs
played the waiting game
waited and saw
waited and seen
Verb
▲
Past tense for to show an unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to
refused
declined
rejected
spurned
repudiated
scorned
rebuffed
disapproved
disdained
dismissed
negated
negatived
nixed
reprobated
snubbed
passed
repelled
repulsed
shunned
withdrew
withdrawn
demurred
deselected
desisted
ignored
protested
turned down
passed up
threw out
thrown out
knocked back
said no
balked at
baulked at
brushed off
dispensed with
said no to
turned away
demurred at
held back
held out
protested at
set aside
threw over
thrown over
turned from
gave thumbs down to
given thumbs down to
turned back on
turned deaf ear to
jibbed at
sent off
drew the line at
drawn the line at
not bought
refused to receive
not cared for
shook one's head
shaken one's head
Verb
▲
Past tense for to make longer in time or duration
protracted
prolonged
continued
perpetuated
sustained
padded
prolongated
stalled
dragged out
strung out
carried on
kept going
spun out
extended the duration of
kept up
went on with
gone on with
kept something going
dragged on
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