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What is another word for
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To extend or make longer
To rapidly grow out of proportion or control
To delay taking action
To make (someone or something) late or slow
To remain in existence, or in the same state, indefinitely or for an extended period
While or dawdle away time indolently
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▲
Verb
▲
To extend or make longer
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
postpone
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
keep alive
increase
amplify
augment
reach
distend
fill out
let out
maintain
eke out
persist
keep
preserve
proceed
dilate
retain
drag one's feet
make something go on and on
pad out
enlarge
hold
endure
grow
spin something out
fill
draw something out
flesh out
add to
uphold
renew
widen
broaden
overstay
pull out
drag something out
last
let it ride
run
drag
project
elaborate
overdo
put rubber in
run on
go
increase the length of
make last
overlap
go on
spin
pad something out
support
bear
conserve
back
favour
UK
buoy
defend
favor
US
stay with
stand by
bolster up
keep from falling
keep in existence
save
manage
control
immortalize
US
eternalize
continue with
keep intact
put up
prop up
persevere with
eternize
hold to
disseminate
secure
propagate
memorialize
US
bolster
commemorate
spread
persist with
immortalise
UK
memorialise
UK
cause to continue
more ❯
“The appearance of a rebel splinter group will merely
protract
the civil war.”
Verb
▲
To rapidly grow out of proportion or control
snowball
increase
expand
swell
escalate
multiply
burgeon
grow
mushroom
rise
proliferate
enlarge
spread
balloon
bourgeon
mount
extend
appreciate
augment
accumulate
climb
boom
accelerate
amplify
develop
gain
boost
wax
heighten
magnify
inflate
intensify
advance
aggrandize
enhance
raise
strengthen
widen
broaden
soar
build
lengthen
dilate
reinforce
progress
thicken
aggravate
distend
double
exaggerate
triple
deepen
pad
further
redouble
upsurge
supplement
prolong
annexe
UK
annex
US
sharpen
swarm
teem
pullulate
build up
roll up
step up
mark up
run up
slap on
tack on
grow quickly
increment
elevate
compound
make bigger
supersize
stretch
up
pump
make larger
hike up
beef up
pump up
blow up
shoot up
add to
become larger
puff out
accrue
rocket
spiral
improve
pile
ramp up
leap up
add
fatten
maximize
US
optimize
US
consolidate
enrich
bulk
bulge
bloat
better
be prolix
become wider
elucidate
be profuse
open
spin off
dwell on
fill out
become distended
hike
intumesce
bolster
pyramid
tumefy
jack up
top up
make better
crank up
bump up
lift
amass
make greater
inflame
reenforce
ameliorate
upraise
puff up
become bigger
get bigger
parlay
increase in size
soup up
bulk up
go up
elongate
flesh out
ratchet up
upscale
collect
follow up
hype
maximise
UK
optimise
UK
surge
grow rapidly
skyrocket
flourish
mount up
increase rapidly
stoke
bloom
prosper
thrive
explode
exacerbate
propagate
intensate
run riot
become more numerous
pile up
sprout
rouse
arise
spring up
increase exponentially
pick up
luxuriate
go through the roof
accentuate
spike
nurture
gather
cultivate
diffuse
spring
flower
blossom
pervade
leap
escalade
flow
spread like wildfire
jump
go through the ceiling
put up
speed up
grow profusely
spread uncontrolled
succeed
concentrate
breed
manifold
aggregate
grow greater
diversify
metastasize
increase dramatically
increase suddenly
uprise
grow larger
fortify
ascend
surge up
get higher
reach
develop rapidly
well
grow stronger
peak
do well
be successful
spurt
increase in scope
branch out
scale up
pour
rain
overrun
burst
detonate
burst forth
rise rapidly
come on
stack up
billow
emerge
get to
grow full
become large
stock up
get stronger
grow in
start to be
get taller
get larger
increase in weight
goose up
jump up
push up
fetch up
send through the roof
promote
encourage
be enlarged
be stepped up
be extended
be increased
be magnified
be amplified
broaden one's horizons
extend one's operations
spread out
go off
bulge out
become bloated
fill
cumulate
rise in value
develop quickly
spread quickly
mature
vault
tower
worsen
foster
stimulate
become greater
unfold
amp up
incline
slope
sprawl
put on a spurt
top
hot up
make worse
become worse
outspread
be jacked up
be hiked up
ape up
fly up
circulate
sweep
spread across
roll out
spread like lightning
spread through
open out
animate
give substance to
round out
detail
expound
build on
transition
evolve
embellish
unfurl
finish
work up
elaborate
pan out
explicate
disentangle
work
enliven
bring alive
play out
pad out
awaken
more ❯
Verb
▲
To delay taking action
procrastinate
dally
delay
stall
dawdle
temporise
UK
temporize
US
adjourn
defer
dither
haver
hesitate
postpone
prolong
retard
vacillate
waver
cool
goldbrick
lag
poke
swither
tarry
wait
drag
linger
loiter
pause
stay
dilly-dally
put off
be dilatory
defer action
drag your feet
hold off
let slide
shilly-shally
take a raincheck
drag one's feet
hum and haw
play for time
postpone action
hang fire
put off doing something
suspend action
be indecisive
be undecided
use delaying tactics
play a waiting game
kick the can down the road
drag one's heels
hang back
dillydally
lollygag
diddle
mope
crawl
creep
lallygag
hang about
falter
hold back
hang around
waste time
plod
trail
straggle
take your time
idle
halt
kill time
stagger
take one's time
gain time
fluctuate
mark time
filibuster
fritter away
lag behind
trifle
equivocate
prevaricate
hedge
fall behind
blow hot and cold
get no place fast
stonewall
teeter
saunter
wabble
pussyfoot around
scruple
wobble
goof off
beat about the bush
slouch
amble
putter
while away time
fool around
drag your heels
shuffle
move slowly
stop
potter
loaf
lose time
loll
oscillate
balance
be unsure
be slow
potter around
potter about
inch
trudge
tail
tool
potter round
limp
drift
hover
flag
hang out
sit around
trail behind
slacken
stay put
warm a chair
shamble
horse around
hem and haw
drop behind
go slowly
let the grass grow under one's feet
sit on the fence
not keep pace
traipse
discontinue
cease
burn daylight
fiddle about
piddle
fritter away time
pass the time
take one's own sweet time
while away the time
penelopize
slack
hold on
totter
be irresolute
shirk
use dilatory tactics
stroll
bide
demur
be uncertain
hang on
wait around
buy time
meander
remain
sit tight
put something on the back burner
traik
be doubtful
dodge
mess around
um and ah
boondoggle
be long
be tardy
fool with
while away
trifle with
play games with
fool about
mooch
mosey
skulk
rest
lodge
stay back
shy away
shrink back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
adopt Fabian tactics
wander
ramble
pass time
slough
dabble
lurk
hang round
shillyshally
be ambivalent
goof around
stop over
hold the phone
be in two minds
faff about
ooze
snail
nose
tergiversate
fall back
decrease
drop
fail
diminish
limp along
draggle
be evasive
wane
drag behind
ebb
hang heavy
hang
creak along
be quiescent
go on too long
creep along
wear on
appear to pass slowly
be delayed
go on and on
become tedious
advance slowly
encounter difficulty
sag
slow down
stagnate
bring up the rear
fall off
slow
inch along
be behind
hobble
drop back
lose strength
slow up
lounge
jelly
palter
balk
US
baulk
UK
avoid committing oneself
stall for time
use Fabian tactics
avoid making a decision
toddle
diddle-daddle
fritter time away
shlep along
scrounge around
bum around
sit on one's butt
stick around
abide
dwell
reside
shelve
remit
suspend
reschedule
kick around
continue
hold up
put over
hold over
waffle
deliberate
think twice
put on hold
put back
hold off on
put on ice
put on the back burner
not hurry
be leisurely
be left behind
lose ground
not keep up
take too long
kick about
twiddle
fribble
proceed in a leisurely fashion
doodle
play
table
mothball
extend
pigeonhole
respite
haunt
stand
putter around
monkey around
live
roam
give a rain check
hinder
lay on the table
put on back burner
put in cold storage
take a rain check on
set aside
keep in abeyance
impede
give rain check
hold in abeyance
stick
settle
fiddle around
futz around
stumble
doubt
boggle
flicker
yo-yo
await
vary
tremble
sway
stammer
be hesitant
stutter
fumble
quiver
spend time
kick your heels
lie around
shift
ponder
shrink
pussyfoot
be disinclined
alternate
mammer
swerve
think about
be in a quandary
debate
be reluctant
have qualms
shrink from
straddle
pull back
flounder
have second thoughts
seesaw
be in a dilemma
be unwilling
be on the horns of a dilemma
weigh
sit on fence
perch
endure
nest
outstay
squat
bunk
roost
lay over
trim
shudder
change
get cold feet
keep on
remain behind
sweat it out
put down roots
hold the fort
establish yourself
be left
stay out
stay behind
establish oneself
be unable to decide
whiffle waffle
be unable to make up your mind
run hot and cold
leave to another time
prorogue
more ❯
Verb
▲
To make (someone or something) late or slow
delay
retard
impede
hamper
hinder
obstruct
postpone
restrain
stall
arrest
derail
detain
foil
restrict
retardate
stymie
thwart
trammel
block
cramp
cripple
curb
defer
halt
hobble
interrupt
pause
prevent
repress
withhold
crimp
cumber
deter
fetter
hamstring
inhibit
prorogue
remit
shackle
shelve
slow
stop
bar
brake
check
choke
clog
confine
encumber
frustrate
handcuff
hold
intermit
prolong
hold back
hold up
put off
set back
slow down
slow up
bog down
interfere with
keep back
shut down
shut off
stave off
take down
back off
close off
hold off on
put back
choke off
hold over
make late
put a brake on
get in the way of
stand in the way of
bring to screeching halt
hog-tie
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
adjourn
suspend
table
reschedule
pigeonhole
stay
mothball
extend
hold off
hold in abeyance
put on ice
put on hold
lay on the table
put in cold storage
put on back burner
take a rain check on
put on the back burner
procrastinate
respite
lay over
put over
hang fire
set aside
give rain check
prorogate
recess
waive
carry over
continue
keep in abeyance
lengthen
cease
discontinue
break off
terminate
dissolve
disband
put aside
put in abeyance
pink-slip
omit
inactivate
cut short
can
file
quit
push back
bring to an end
lay off
hang up
rule out
break up
count out
call a halt to
lay aside
put an end to
put on the shelf
put a stop to
give a rain check
temporise
UK
take a raincheck
temporize
US
dally
handicap
limit
baulk
UK
constrain
balk
US
tie up
manacle
bork
decelerate
short-circuit
bridle
get in the way
embarrass
baffle
interfere
bind
curtail
weigh down
slacken
mire
catch
still
reduce
forestall
stonewall
leash
freeze
draw up
pull up
fetch up
oppose
inconvenience
bring to a standstill
drag one's feet
tie
lock up
burden
suppress
keep
control
stem
lessen
decrease
embog
entrammel
keep waiting
sabotage
moderate
neutralize
US
loiter
regulate
bottleneck
hesitate
bring up
overload
counteract
disrupt
trouble
oppress
neutralise
UK
rein in
poke
prohibit
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
temper
stunt
disadvantage
scupper
get bogged down
bother
charge
down
loaf
falter
dawdle
flag
bog
obscure
screen
discomfit
rattle
faze
dam
cover
mask
shield
hide
abate
lag
diminish
immobilize
US
immobilise
UK
chain
disconcert
tarry
dither
quibble
equivocate
prevaricate
stand
fence
sandbag
close
stopper
throttle
fill
plug
complicate
make difficult
reef
quiet
qualify
let up
load
monkey with
saddle
screw up
bring to a screeching halt
not move
stand still
stand off
peter out
buy time
put the brakes on
lose steam
cut down
wind down
cut back
back-water
lose speed
anchor it
tax
avoid the issue
take one's time
give a hard time
rein
stifle
fix
scrub
sidetrack
drop
brace
beat around the bush
come to a standstill
let down flaps
hit the brakes
contain
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
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 remain in existence, or in the same state, indefinitely or for an extended period
last
continue
endure
persist
linger
remain
bide
extend
perpetuate
abide
exist
grind
perdure
hold
live
maintain
pass
proceed
progress
project
stay
sustain
take
tarry
be
recur
repeat
go on
keep going
carry on
run on
drag on
keep on
live on
stay on
stick around
be prolonged
grind away
hold fast
plough on
press on
stay around
hold on
have no end
survive
keep up
hold up
hang on
dwell
prevail
reside
hang around
persevere
hold out
be extant
lodge
stand
occur
hang round
be present
happen
stay put
hang out
sit tight
bear on
last out
live out
cling
standby
stick
attend
be protracted
cling on
die slowly
cling to life
continue to exist
lie in wait
sweat it
hold the phone
watch for
hang in
stay round
achieve
continue activity
see out
be persistent
keep at
be left
hang in the air
remain standing
go ahead
take place
advance
comport
execute
ramble
act
come about
bear
behave
deport
conduct
wait
be found
lie
rest
hang
inhabit
hover
be real
be in existence
be the case
be existent
be met with
be latent
hang about
stay over
wait around
hold the fort
more ❯
Verb
▲
While or dawdle away time indolently
drawl
drone
speak
chant
extend
intone
nasalize
prolong
utter
say slowly
speak slowly
drag out
pronounce slowly
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