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To delay a situation until one is prepared
To slow the growth or progress of, or to keep under control
Verb
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To delay a situation until one is prepared
delay
gain time
hang back
hang fire
hold back
procrastinate
stall
temporise
UK
temporize
US
dither
equivocate
filibuster
hedge
hesitate
prevaricate
put off
stonewall
use delaying tactics
beat about the bush
tarry
kick the can down the road
drag your feet
dally
defer
play a waiting game
lag
take your time
buy time
linger
loiter
dawdle
take one's time
drag
dilly-dally
wait
drag your heels
vacillate
shilly-shally
put off doing something
poke
pause
postpone
waste time
be indecisive
hum and haw
avoid the issue
beat around the bush
divert
hold over
distract
use dilatory tactics
put on the back burner
palter
use Fabian tactics
stall for time
avoid making a decision
be evasive
tergiversate
avoid committing oneself
hang on
goof off
kill time
horse around
hang about
straggle
mope
amble
lollygag
stagger
lallygag
diddle
totter
stay put
putter
dillydally
potter round
potter around
crawl
creep
potter about
hang around
not keep pace
be slow
mark time
lag behind
let the grass grow under one's feet
wait around
idle
plod
while away time
fall behind
slow-walk
obstruct
hinder
block
prevent
employ delaying tactics
adjourn
waver
suspend action
prolong
swither
retard
cool
goldbrick
stay
postpone action
hold off
be dilatory
defer action
let something slide
protract
take a raincheck
haver
be undecided
falter
stop
sit tight
halt
rest
fluctuate
hold on
think twice
go at a snail's pace
oscillate
hang
get no place fast
trail
saunter
hold your horses
take too long
slouch
deliberate
trifle
bide
pussyfoot around
hover
drop behind
cease
abide
move slowly
discontinue
blow hot and cold
hang out
hang round
put on hold
teeter
bide your time
mooch
loaf
limp
inch
wobble
scruple
wabble
shuffle
shillyshally
loll
potter
drop
desist
go slowly
remain
be unsure
trail behind
be uncertain
dwell
refrain from
sit on the fence
await
take a breather
let up
stop briefly
take a break
slow down
hem and haw
reside
put something off
take no action
warm a chair
take ten
have a breather
call time
take five
sit around
fool around
squat
lose time
lodge
avoid doing something
perch
nest
bunk
roost
keep on
lie in wait
be patient
sweat it out
hold your fire
keep from doing something
hold the fort
be left
stick around
stay behind
stroll
refuse
avoid
rebuff
evade
see-saw
be irresolute
yo-yo
mosey
resist
get cold feet
balance
drift
fiddle
be ambivalent
bat
adopt Fabian tactics
slack
droop
languish
moon
stooge
be long
be tardy
take time
be in two minds
faff about
goof around
toddle
diddle-daddle
shirk
piddle
stand
nose
fritter time away
snail
stick
settle
shlep along
fritter away
scrounge around
bum around
ooze
draggle
endure
remain behind
put down roots
continue
outstay
establish yourself
stay out
establish oneself
fiddle about
take one's own sweet time
sit on one's butt
refrain
surcease
creak along
limp along
creep along
hang heavy
wear on
advance slowly
tail
trudge
appear to pass slowly
go on too long
go on and on
become tedious
fall back
drop back
be behind
drag behind
bring up the rear
fall off
inch along
slow up
break
sojourn
fill time
keep your shirt on
interrupt
bivouac
live
inhabit
cling
break off
look forward
lie low
hold the phone
sit up for
hold one's breath
stand by
wait on
kick your heels
cool your heels
save it
sweat it
stay up for
hang onto your hat
pass the time
wait patiently
cool it
hold everything
twiddle thumbs
wait in the wings
stay over
make camp
stay on
reflect
pull up
sideline
shake
suspend
take a breath
alternate
demur
seesaw
pussyfoot
stumble
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
doubt
balk
US
boggle
flounder
ponder
mammer
debate
weigh
stop what you're doing
baulk
UK
be doubtful
be hesitant
shy away
be reluctant
be unwilling
pull back
think about
sit on fence
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“They could opt to follow the tobacco industry and
play for time
, which you'd have to say has worked out very well for tobacco firms.”
Verb
▲
To slow the growth or progress of, or to keep under control
check
US
inhibit
curb
bar
control
delay
impede
obstruct
thwart
restrain
retard
stem
foil
frustrate
limit
suppress
bridle
hamper
neutralise
UK
neutralize
US
pause
prevent
rein
stifle
block
constrain
contain
cut short
hinder
interrupt
muffle
reduce
smother
squelch
swallow
terminate
bottleneck
counteract
fight back
govern
hold
hold back
moderate
repress
staunch
withhold
bottle up
brake
checkmate
choke
choke back
circumvent
discourage
rebuff
regulate
repulse
tame
keep in check
rein in
slow down
bite back
hold down
hold in
keep a lid on
keep back
keep under control
pull in
slacken pace
bring to a standstill
interfere with
nip in the bud
put a brake on
stand in the way of
stem the flow of
put a spoke in someone's wheel
restrict
stop
trammel
cramp
handicap
arrest
stymie
encumber
hold up
fetter
clog
hamstring
hobble
slow
shackle
halt
baulk
UK
balk
US
keep
subdue
confine
hog-tie
embarrass
handcuff
curtail
measure
short-circuit
rule
tie up
manacle
strangle
cumber
gag
stall
stave off
forestall
keep the lid on
hang up
oppose
put a stop to
prohibit
ward off
deter
silence
quell
fend off
quash
stay
head off
dam
intercept
interdict
set back
keep a tight rein on
avert
cork
cork up
baffle
cut off
hold off
straiten
cripple
debar
overcome
button up
shut out
resist
get in the way of
bork
get in the way
throw a spanner in the works
cool
quench
sink
conceal
submerge
tie
pocket
put an end to
shut off
detain
constrict
muzzle
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
avoid
conquer
stonewall
overpower
deaden
master
kill
squash
cap
defeat
close
obviate
jam
disrupt
derail
delimit
freeze
keep at bay
stop up
clog up
keep down
extinguish
lessen
preclude
forfend
close off
plug up
circumscribe
barricade
peg
hide
dampen
lick
diminish
bog down
decrease
occlude
stuff
slow up
blockade
damp down
shush
interfere
shut down
quiet
forbid
defend against
block up
bind
put the brakes on
stamp out
calm
compose
crimp
ban
simmer down
bung up
plug
quelch
get the better of
entangle
beat
temper
repel
choke off
keep within bounds
keep in
mute
rule out
stanch
collect
fix
put off
keep lid on
discipline
cramp one's style
stopper
fight off
gulp back
withstand
chain
decelerate
outlaw
suspend
congest
divert
inconvenience
evade
retardate
postpone
close out
scupper
hem in
leash
ward
discontinue
sidestep
counter
pick off
hold in check
tone down
get a grip on
turn aside
skirt
weigh down
shut in
gain mastery over
bring to screeching halt
tranquilize
US
mitigate
steer clear of
put a lid on
push back
beat off
crack down on
keep off
crush
destroy
damp
caulk
mellow
vanquish
proscribe
slacken
tranquillise
UK
fill
intern
still
set
screen
manage
set limits on
impose limits on
sandbag
mire
bung
best
modulate
crab
obscure
close up
burden
ostracize
US
surmount
block out
stunt
impair
incommode
dodge
disturb
disallow
bottle
discommode
disadvantage
dispatch
keep in line
clot
tie down
choke up
enjoin
remit
block off
faze
fill up
dominate
exclude
rebut
deny
jam up
fend
shun
intermit
weaken
defer
defend
triumph over
cramp someone's style
escape
cool off
save
ostracise
UK
eschew
cut back
be a hindrance to
rein back
help
bypass
bring under control
box up
box in
estop
prevail over
shake
place a limit on
cover up
cease
turn off
crack down
put back
take down
back off
nullify
win against
gum up
gain control of
get around
bite one's lip
put half nelson on
refuse
desist
throw cold water on
put a damper on
anticipate
saddle with
drag your feet
brush off
force back
put to flight
drive away
see off
turn away
clamp down on
beat back
make late
thrust back
pour cold water on
give a hard time
drive back
keep at arm's length
keep from happening
turn back
send packing
seal
straitjacket
pack
re-collect
settle
hang on
resist attack
hold the fort
fight
adjust
monitor
cross
act against
ease
cushion
rally
lull
corner
recover
inspect
soothe
tie someone's hands
relieve
dissuade
drown
catch
contravene
scotch
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
entrammel
snag
demarcate
overload
tether
indispose
bit
taboo
internalize
US
debilitate
strangulate
internalise
UK
put straitjacket on
circumnavigate
blacklist
boycott
gulp
discomfit
rattle
censor
mothball
immobilize
US
immobilise
UK
throw monkey wrench in
bound
put a limit on
keep feeling inside oneself
keep secret
solve
disconcert
gain control over
charge
oppress
bother
keep control of
sideline
protract
louse up
keep on a string
bring an end to
prevent from making progress
inc
spoil
tie one's hands
stave
put on brakes
incarcerate
imprison
cool down
shelve
prorogue
bring into line
keep a rein on
subjugate
queer someone's pitch
throw a spoke in the wheel of
affect
foul up
screw up
keep tight rein on
hold off on
prolong
hold over
set a limit on
make difficult
lag
abate
put the brakes on
take out of play
specify
demark
prescribe
get bogged down
tamper
influence
soft-pedal
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
narrow down
confuse
put at a disadvantage
parry
gaol
UK
lock in
coop up
fence in
jail
US
close in
immure
concuss
deprive
shotgun
necessitate
trouble
conflict
place at a disadvantage
delimitate
define
girdle
put a ceiling on
loiter
qualify
procrastinate
embog
reef
give disadvantage
take out
overmatch
hegemonize
lay down the law to someone
put out of commission
disqualify
suffocate
make illegal
embargo
lock up
keep under wraps
keep inside
black out
overbear
upend
direct
get
command
hold the line
hush
tongue-tie
ice
quieten
erode
blackball
except
eliminate
obturate
reply
defend yourself
retaliate
put up a fight
riposte
get over
skunk
worst
find a solution to
find an answer to
keep within limits
reject
back-water
lose speed
lose steam
cut down
wind down
keep waiting
anchor it
quit
undermine
knock down
force off
chase away
keep away
stand off
drive off
pre-empt
let
draw the line on
mark off
override
exile
hit the brakes
let down flaps
snuff
disadvise
chill
scare
count out
freeze out
shut out of
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
make impossible
do down
dry up
dummy up
shut up
compromise
damage
clobber
make impracticable
dam up
guard
bog
gunge up
silt up
protect
refrain from
shield
talk out of
hush up
sit on
pull back
head off at pass
safeguard
infringe
cut in
take away
secure
bulwark
elude
act like a wet blanket
put the kibosh on
cover
encroach on
duck
let up
soften
pacify
withhold from
desist from
stay away
stay away from
forbear
deny oneself
give up
make up for
get out of
abstain from
shake off
restrain from
counterbalance
skip
break the habit of
skip out on
do without
shy from
leave off
kick
negate
steer clear
forgo
shrink from
abstain
renounce
keep from
shirk
forbear from
mollify
gentle
humble
cow
fence
reclaim
bust
shield against
safeguard against
secure against
defend oneself against
guard against
protect against
clamp down
come down on
take severe measures against
take stern measures against
get tough on
tighten up on
come down on like a ton of bricks
get tough
come down heavily on
miss
water down
sabotage
throttle
complicate
cheat
nix
monkey with
force away
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