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Verb
▲
To delay or put off an event, appointment etc.
delay
defer
shelve
put off
adjourn
hold over
suspend
table
put back
reschedule
stay
pigeonhole
remit
continue
hold off
mothball
put on ice
put over
carry over
forestay
procrastinate
prorogue
respite
stall
stand over
hold up
lay over
put on the back burner
take a rain check on
cool it
hang fire
hold off on
keep in abeyance
put on hold
give a rain check
put in cold storage
put on back burner
axeUK
axUS
more ❯
“I shall have to call to postpone my dental appointment tomorrow and that is a great disappointment.”
Verb
▲
To prevent from progress
retard
arrest
check
decelerate
delay
handicap
brake
clog
detain
hinder
impede
obstruct
encumber
slow down
stall
defer
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
baulkUK
balkUS
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
constrain
tie up
manacle
short-circuit
get in the way
embarrass
interfere
bind
weigh down
leash
oppose
inconvenience
bring to a standstill
tie
lock up
burden
suppress
keep
control
stem
entrammel
neutralizeUS
bottleneck
overload
counteract
disrupt
trouble
oppress
neutraliseUK
prohibit
terminate
entangle
crab
nip in the bud
cut off
incommode
foul up
discommode
be a hindrance to
cramp one's style
tie one's hands
saddle with
ruin
lace
lash
truss
fix together
join
fasten
sink
cause to wait
avert
cause to stay
debilitate
penelopize
end
idle
disadvantage
scupper
get bogged down
waive
hold off
bother
charge
obscure
screen
discomfit
rattle
faze
dam
cover
mask
shield
hide
immobilizeUS
immobiliseUK
chain
disconcert
sandbag
close
stopper
throttle
fill
plug
complicate
make difficult
load
monkey with
saddle
screw up
bring to a screeching halt
tax
give a hard time
rein
stifle
fix
scrub
sidetrack
drop
brace
can
contain
cut short
muffle
squelch
smother
swallow
muzzle
govern
staunch
fight back
knock off
contravene
debar
resist
repulse
discourage
bottle up
circumvent
tame
rebuff
choke back
checkmate
keep in check
pull in
keep under control
slacken pace
keep a lid on
bite back
hold in
hold down
bring to an end
meddle
intrude
stem the flow of
pry
box in
shut out
louse up
affect
disturb
intervene
intermeddle
put a spoke in someone's wheel
play for time
tamper
interlope
encroach
intercede
snoop
obtrude
influence
mess
nose
throw a spoke in the wheel of
throw a spanner in the works
butt in
confuse
jam
intermediate
fool with
put your two cents in
muck around
interpose
mix in
poke nose in
barge in
get involved
conflict
stick your oar in
stick your nose in
muck about
horn in
busybody
poke your nose in
step in
make
more ❯
Verb
▲
To cancel (an event) due to excessive rain
rain off
call off
cancel
move forward
move on
put back
rain out
Verb
▲
Relieve of blame, responsibility
reprieve
amnesty
pardon
acquit
respite
spare
alleviate
relieve
abate
allay
mitigate
palliate
absolve
excuse
forgive
let off
liberate
remit
stay
let go
grant a stay
let up on
let off this time
grant an amnesty to
grant a stay of execution
let off the hook
grant a stay of execution to
release
free
exonerate
vindicate
disentangle
find not guilty
disculpate
declare innocent
wink at
blink at
find innocent
abandon
drop
remove
atone
explain
rationalizeUS
purge
rationaliseUK
assoil
exclude
grant immunity
grandfather
free from blame
wipe slate clean
pronounce not guilty
relieve of
give immunity
wipe off
pass by
make an exception of
make an exception for
wipe the slate
resign
lifeboat
bleach
sanitizeUS
sanitiseUK
launder
pull
yank
let off easy
wipe it off
free of
free from
release from
remove blame
boot out
disburden of
extricate from
get rid of
absolve from
exempt from
disencumber of
excuse from
liberate from
unburden of
set free from
discharge from
deliver from
rescue from
disembarrass of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To extend or make longer
protract
extend
prolong
lengthen
continue
elongate
drag out
draw out
outstretch
stretch
stretch out
perpetuate
sustain
wire-draw
carry on
cool
defer
delay
draw
expand
keep up
make longer
pad
procrastinate
prolongate
spin out
stall
string out
extend the duration of
go on with
keep something going
hold off
hold up
keep going
put off
drag on
put on hold
more ❯
Verb
▲
To put an end to, especially formally
dissolve
dismiss
end
terminate
suspend
disband
discontinue
abolish
adjourn
cease
disestablish
finish
abate
abrogate
annul
avoid
axUS
axeUK
cancel
conclude
disannul
invalidate
negate
null
nullify
overthrow
prorogue
quash
repeal
rescind
vacate
void
break up
dismantle
disunite
scrap
wind up
annihilate
close
close down
collapse
decimate
demolish
destroy
destruct
discharge
disorganize
eradicate
loose
roll back
ruin
sever
shatter
shoot
split up
strike down
unmake
wind down
wrack
wreck
bring to an end
do away with
fade out
get rid of
render void
resolve into
put an end to
stall
hold off on
prolong
carry over
put to one side
detain
extend
rest
impede
stand over
hinder
wait
obstruct
dally
tarry
linger
pull up
give rain check
cool
hesitate
waver
take a breath
still
slow
block
temporizeUS
hamper
catch
do later
freeze
slow down
dawdle
temporiseUK
cool it
slow up
stem
ease off
ease up
bring to a stop
lag
poke
put off the evil day
put off the evil hour
give a rain check
loiter
bring up
immobilizeUS
have a breather
immobiliseUK
put the kibosh on
draw up
fetch up
drag one's feet
take a raincheck
leave
be suspended
be put on hold
put something on hold
hold something over
put something off
forestay
park
reserve
do less
save
retain
lengthen
dillydally
leave to another time
keep
suppress
staunch
inhibit
handicap
hang
relax
slacken
release
relent
encumber
clog
prevent
hamstring
disrupt
decelerate
trammel
cumber
punctuate
frustrate
baulkUK
deter
balkUS
come to a close
blow the whistle on
stand still
cease fire
hold at bay
put a cork in
stem the flow
bring to standstill
drop anchor
contain
take offline
have a break
come to a standstill
take time off
rearrange
refrain
keep from
set back
turn back
withdraw
deactivate
jettison
junk
ditch
dump
throw out
take away
fall
interfere with
ward off
keep back
put a brake on
assort
class
peg
slot
partition
tab
group
falter
deliberate
descend
plummet
plunge
chuck in
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
change the date
throw a spanner in the works of
break down
put on the bank burner
put down as
type cast
sort out
put on one side
tie up
mark time
reflect
hang back
stop briefly
think twice
dither
vacillate
haver
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
goldbrick
swither
drag
dilly-dally
kick the can down the road
use delaying tactics
postpone action
drag your feet
defer action
play for time
suspend action
let slide
shilly-shally
be dilatory
be indecisive
hum and haw
put off doing something
be undecided
play a waiting game
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
defer
desert
discard
omit
pretermit
depreciate
elide
evade
miss
overleap
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
snub
drop
deliberately ignore
cast aside
not take into consideration
scorn
despise
disown
make allowances for
let bygones be bygones
let something ride
shut out
put away
have done with
let someone off with
give someone the brush-off
close one's eyes to
take lightly
have no use for
sneeze at
make a joke of
treat lightly
waive
override
palliate
laugh something off
trample on
indulge
deodoriseUK
deodorizeUS
ride roughshod over
plead ignorance
repudiate
banish
sink
bury
deny
shelve
blank out
spare
take
stomach
scout
relegate
cease to remember
erase from memory
consign to oblivion
get over
cease to think of
dismiss from your mind
not worry about
stand for
bear with
play past
put up with
roll with punches
go along with
wipe slate clean
grin and bear it
swim with the tide
turn blind eye to
acquit
reprieve
absolve
exonerate
deprecate
denigrate
diminish
kiss off
disparage
discredit
laugh away
accept
clear
disclaim
exculpate
free
justify
release
liberate
amnesty
tell someone to get lost
deal leniently with
have mercy on
be merciful to
make allowance for
let it go by
forgive and forget
look right through
give the cold shoulder to
rebuff
blackball
ostracizeUS
blacklist
jilt
renounce
repulse
repel
exclude
excommunicate
abjure
veto
abnegate
disfellowship
unfollow
ostraciseUK
unfriend
burn
kick someone in the teeth
leave off
freeze out
give someone the big E
give someone the go-by
cut dead
put down
give someone the air
cast out
hand someone the frozen mitt
not buy
break with
have nothing more to do with
cut off
give a wide berth to
bin off
give someone the push
leave out in the cold
swear off
give the cold shoulder
give the elbow
more ❯
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