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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
lollygag
stagger
lallygag
diddle
totter
stay put
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
hold your horses
take too long
slouch
trifle
deliberate
bide
pussyfoot around
hover
drop behind
move slowly
abide
blow hot and cold
hang round
discontinue
cease
teeter
hang out
put on hold
bide your time
mooch
loaf
limp
inch
trail
saunter
wobble
scruple
wabble
shuffle
shillyshally
potter
loll
drop
go slowly
be unsure
remain
trail behind
be uncertain
desist
refrain from
dwell
sit on the fence
slow down
hem and haw
await
reside
take five
put something off
take no action
take a breather
take a break
squat
warm a chair
lose time
stop briefly
lodge
have a breather
call time
avoid doing something
sit around
perch
nest
bunk
roost
take ten
fool around
keep on
lie in wait
be patient
sweat it out
let up
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
drift
fiddle
putter
get cold feet
balance
bat
droop
languish
moon
be ambivalent
stooge
adopt Fabian tactics
slack
goof around
take time
be in two minds
faff about
be long
be tardy
shirk
piddle
nose
snail
ooze
stand
stick
settle
draggle
fiddle about
take one's own sweet time
endure
remain behind
be there
put down roots
continue
outstay
be present
establish yourself
stay out
establish oneself
refrain
surcease
creak along
diddle-daddle
fritter time away
limp along
shlep along
fritter away
scrounge around
bum around
creep along
sit on one's butt
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
fill time
keep your shirt on
sojourn
break
countdown
bivouac
overstay
live
inhabit
cling
look forward
lie low
hold the phone
sit up for
stay tuned
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
settle in
stay on
suspend
alternate
interrupt
reflect
sideline
shake
demur
seesaw
pussyfoot
stumble
break off
doubt
balk
US
boggle
flounder
ponder
mammer
debate
weigh
baulk
UK
take a breath
pull up
be doubtful
stop what you're doing
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
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
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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
handicap
cramp
arrest
stymie
encumber
hold up
fetter
clog
hobble
slow
hamstring
shackle
baulk
UK
halt
balk
US
keep
subdue
embarrass
handcuff
hog-tie
measure
curtail
strangle
gag
rule
manacle
short-circuit
confine
tie up
cumber
forestall
prohibit
stall
keep the lid on
stave off
deter
hang up
quell
silence
ward off
fend off
head off
intercept
oppose
put a stop to
avert
quash
stay
cork
interdict
dam
cut off
cork up
conceal
keep a tight rein on
baffle
cool
get in the way
button up
sink
quench
submerge
hold off
straiten
pocket
debar
set back
overcome
throw a spanner in the works
get in the way of
cripple
obviate
shut out
hide
preclude
kill
stonewall
master
tie
disrupt
shut off
detain
bork
put an end to
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
muzzle
avoid
conquer
resist
close
overpower
extinguish
jam
deaden
squash
cap
defeat
derail
delimit
shush
freeze
constrict
forbid
keep at bay
stop up
compose
barricade
forfend
keep down
lessen
simmer down
crimp
close off
occlude
diminish
circumscribe
decrease
blockade
collect
get the better of
peg
dampen
lick
bog down
discipline
slow up
damp down
interfere
shut down
quiet
defend against
clog up
block up
entangle
put the brakes on
stamp out
calm
bung up
plug up
plug
quelch
beat
temper
hold in check
choke off
keep within bounds
keep in
stanch
rule out
mute
fix
cramp one's style
put off
keep lid on
stuff
outlaw
stopper
inconvenience
gulp back
divert
decelerate
leash
suspend
bottle
bind
evade
withstand
retardate
help
postpone
close out
scupper
ward
discontinue
sidestep
weigh down
repel
pick off
tone down
get a grip on
ban
anticipate
skirt
bite one's lip
gain mastery over
turn aside
bring to screeching halt
tranquilize
US
mitigate
steer clear of
put a lid on
crack down on
fight off
keep off
suffocate
crush
destroy
damp
caulk
mellow
vanquish
sandbag
proscribe
slacken
tranquillise
UK
fill
still
set
clot
screen
manage
set limits on
impose limits on
snuff
mire
bung
enjoin
congest
faze
best
modulate
crab
close up
obscure
burden
ostracize
US
surmount
block out
internalize
US
stunt
impair
incommode
dodge
disturb
internalise
UK
discommode
disadvantage
dispatch
keep in line
tie down
counter
choke up
remit
block off
fill up
dominate
exclude
deny
rebut
parry
chain
jam up
fend
shun
intermit
defer
hem in
save
triumph over
cramp someone's style
escape
ostracise
UK
pre-empt
eschew
cut back
be a hindrance to
rein back
cool off
hush up
bypass
bring under control
box up
box in
estop
prevail over
contravene
shake
place a limit on
cover up
cease
drag your feet
crack down
put back
take down
turn off
back off
nullify
win against
gain control of
get around
put half nelson on
keep inside
refuse
desist
saddle with
brush off
force back
push back
beat off
put to flight
drive away
see off
turn away
clamp down on
beat back
make late
thrust back
shut in
give a hard time
drive back
keep at arm's length
keep from happening
turn back
send packing
seal
straitjacket
pack
re-collect
settle
adjust
monitor
hang on
resist attack
hold the fort
fight
rally
lull
corner
recover
inspect
cushion
intern
ease
entrammel
tie someone's hands
drown
catch
relieve
scotch
enmesh
net
ensnare
capture
discomfit
rattle
snag
put a limit on
demarcate
put straitjacket on
overload
tether
disconcert
throw monkey wrench in
strangulate
circumnavigate
gulp
censor
mothball
immobilize
US
immobilise
UK
dissuade from
debilitate
bound
keep feeling inside oneself
keep secret
sideline
cool down
solve
gain control over
charge
oppress
bother
keep control of
louse up
stave
protract
keep tight rein on
keep on a string
foul up
screw up
prevent from making progress
inc
spoil
blacklist
boycott
sabotage
affect
indispose
shelve
prorogue
queer someone's pitch
throw a spoke in the wheel of
bring into line
throttle
tamper
influence
keep a rein on
subjugate
act against
hold off on
prolong
hold over
confuse
put at a disadvantage
set a limit on
complicate
make difficult
lag
abate
trouble
conflict
put the brakes on
take out of play
place at a disadvantage
specify
demark
prescribe
get bogged down
bring an end to
soft-pedal
preempt
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
narrow down
give disadvantage
take out
head off at pass
put out of commission
work against
delimitate
define
girdle
disallow
put a ceiling on
loiter
qualify
procrastinate
embog
reef
overmatch
hegemonize
cut in
take away
lay down the law to someone
tie one's hands
disqualify
obturate
keep under wraps
black out
overbear
upend
direct
get
command
hold the line
hush
tongue-tie
ice
quieten
throw cold water on
monkey with
pour cold water on
put a damper on
knock down
force off
chase away
keep away
stand off
drive off
get over
skunk
worst
bog
find a solution to
find an answer to
keep within limits
blackball
except
eliminate
make illegal
embargo
back-water
lose speed
lose steam
cut down
wind down
keep waiting
anchor it
quit
get in before
draw the line on
mark off
let
reject
second-guess
chill
hit the brakes
let down flaps
provide against
override
exile
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
make impossible
clobber
do down
get ahead of
dam up
dry up
dummy up
shut up
erode
beat someone to the draw
beat someone to the punch
gum up
gunge up
silt up
count out
freeze out
shut out of
beat someone to it
make impracticable
steal a march on
defend
sit on
pull back
undermine
guard
protect
let up
refrain from
shield
weaken
compromise
damage
safeguard
secure
put the kibosh on
bulwark
elude
cover
duck
soften
infringe
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
encroach on
put on brakes
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
cheat
nix
force away
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