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protract
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▲
To extend or make longer in length
To make longer in time or duration
To put off to a later date or time
To delay taking action
To remain in existence, or in the same state, indefinitely or for an extended period
(
pile on/up
)
To increase or cause to increase in quantity
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▲
Verb
▲
To extend or make longer in length
extend
lengthen
expand
stretch
enlarge
widen
outstretch
broaden
elongate
grow
distend
prolongate
draw
draw out
stretch out
make longer
prolong
increase
augment
amplify
swell
inflate
pad
dilate
drag out
develop
spin out
become larger
puff out
open
become wider
continue
proceed
string out
grow longer
get longer
thicken
heighten
fatten
bulge
mushroom
boost
snowball
bulk
bourgeon
supersize
magnify
bloat
make bigger
balloon
burgeon
escalate
fill out
compound
become distended
bulk up
increase in size
blow up
upsurge
soup up
hike
intumesce
beef up
become bigger
tack on
bolster
puff up
make larger
get bigger
slap on
pyramid
tumefy
more ❯
“The smug monster in her is really going to bear its teeth and
protract
its claws.”
Verb
▲
To make longer in time or duration
prolong
continue
perpetuate
sustain
pad
prolongate
stall
drag out
string out
carry on
keep going
spin out
extend the duration of
keep up
wire-draw
go on with
keep something going
drag on
hold off
extend
lengthen
draw out
stretch
keep alive
stretch out
outstretch
maintain
keep
preserve
elongate
retain
hold up
make longer
persist
increase
uphold
renew
delay
drag your feet
make something go on and on
last
hold
project
run
run on
make last
expand
increase the length of
endure
reach
go
overlap
let it ride
pad out
eke out
fill out
go on
fill
support
put rubber in
bear
conserve
back
favour
UK
buoy
defend
favor
US
stay with
stand by
bolster up
keep from falling
keep in existence
save
nurture
persevere with
persist with
protect
cherish
hold to
hold on to
continue with
secure
safeguard
harbour
UK
nurse
harbor
US
care for
look after
keep possession of
keep intact
take care of
cling to
manage
keep on with
carry on with
control
prop up
strengthen
keep up with
keep something up
put up
memorialize
US
cling
keep to
be true to
keep going with
hang in
immortalize
US
guard
eternalize
shelter
eternize
commemorate
shield
disseminate
propagate
bolster
spread
steward
immortalise
UK
memorialise
UK
screen
persevere
watch over
have
keep safe
give refuge
give sanctuary
cause to continue
foster
survive
possess
entertain
chug away
plug away
cleave to
more ❯
“The appearance of a rebel splinter group will merely
protract
the civil war.”
Verb
▲
To put off to a later date or time
postpone
defer
delay
procrastinate
put off
hold up
put on hold
adjourn
suspend
shelve
prolong
prorogue
retard
hold over
put back
reschedule
table
stay
extend
mothball
stall
pigeonhole
remit
put on ice
hold off
hold in abeyance
hold off on
lay on the table
put on back burner
put in cold storage
take a rain check on
put on the back burner
intermit
respite
detain
slow
recess
prorogate
put over
lay over
give rain check
hang fire
set aside
impede
interrupt
continue
hinder
obstruct
hold
withhold
block
waive
check
bar
carry over
stave off
keep in abeyance
temporise
UK
temporize
US
give a rain check
take a raincheck
disband
file
inactivate
can
put aside
put in abeyance
hang up
rule out
push back
lay aside
pink-slip
count out
put on the shelf
call a halt to
hamper
restrain
trammel
restrict
arrest
foil
stymie
retardate
thwart
derail
curb
cramp
halt
hobble
pause
repress
prevent
cripple
stop
crimp
hamstring
inhibit
deter
fetter
cumber
shackle
encumber
choke
clog
confine
brake
frustrate
handcuff
slow up
set back
hold back
slow down
choke off
hog-tie
put a brake on
interfere with
take down
stand in the way of
bring to screeching halt
close off
make late
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
shut off
get in the way of
shut down
back off
bog down
keep back
lengthen
put to one side
stand over
rearrange
reorganize
US
reserve
reorganise
UK
leave
dismiss
sideline
break off
do later
change the date
put off the evil day
put off the evil hour
let up
rebook
park
retain
suppress
hang
cool
contain
reprieve
take offline
put something off
forestay
neglect
renounce
avoid
put on one side
freeze
leave to another time
cool it
take a breather from
put on a back burner
tie up
call it a day
take a recess
suspend proceedings
take five
take a rain check
take a break
take a breather
shut up
put out of commission
pack away
decommission
put into storage
re-reserve
book again
surcease
refrain
desist
rest
handicap
decelerate
balk
US
slacken
baffle
lessen
mire
bog
baulk
UK
more ❯
“Some of the scenes in the film appear to be an attempt to add some running time or
protract
the ending.”
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 something slide
shilly-shally
take a raincheck
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 your heels
hang back
dillydally
hold back
diddle
lollygag
mope
falter
waste time
crawl
creep
lallygag
filibuster
take your time
take one's time
prevaricate
hang about
stonewall
hang around
fluctuate
gain time
halt
trifle
equivocate
stagger
straggle
hedge
kill time
mark time
blow hot and cold
idle
teeter
wabble
pussyfoot around
scruple
wobble
plod
buy time
beat about the bush
potter
oscillate
balance
be unsure
be slow
potter around
potter about
putter
while away time
potter round
sit around
fool around
warm a chair
stay put
goof off
sit on the fence
hem and haw
lose time
lag behind
get no place fast
let the grass grow under one's feet
fall behind
obstruct
penelopize
stop
discontinue
cease
amble
totter
be irresolute
slack
loll
slouch
slow-walk
use dilatory tactics
tergiversate
hang on
horse around
not keep pace
wait around
block
demur
be uncertain
hold on
shirk
drop behind
put on the back burner
palter
be doubtful
um and ah
dodge
mess around
hinder
hover
be long
be tardy
piddle
sit tight
prevent
be evasive
stay back
shrink back
stay in the background
shy away
be reluctant to come forward
move slowly
be ambivalent
shillyshally
employ delaying tactics
use Fabian tactics
stall for time
avoid making a decision
avoid committing oneself
take too long
fiddle about
take one's own sweet time
go at a snail's pace
adopt Fabian tactics
trail
loaf
faff about
be in two minds
toddle
diddle-daddle
saunter
fritter time away
divert
distract
bide
bum around
shlep along
hang out
fritter away
scrounge around
sit on one's butt
goof around
hang round
avoid the issue
beat around the bush
hold over
rest
think twice
hang
hold your horses
deliberate
abide
put on hold
bide your time
mooch
limp
inch
shuffle
drop
go slowly
remain
trail behind
desist
dwell
refrain from
await
slow down
reside
take five
put something off
take no action
take a breather
take a break
squat
stop briefly
lodge
have a breather
call time
avoid doing something
perch
nest
bunk
roost
take ten
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
yo-yo
mosey
resist
get cold feet
drift
fiddle
bat
droop
languish
moon
stooge
take time
stand
nose
snail
stick
settle
ooze
draggle
endure
remain behind
put down roots
continue
outstay
establish yourself
stay out
establish oneself
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
sojourn
fill time
keep your shirt on
bivouac
overstay
live
inhabit
cling
break
countdown
look forward
stay over
lie low
hold the phone
sit up for
make camp
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
stay on
twiddle thumbs
wait in the wings
suspend
alternate
interrupt
reflect
sideline
shake
seesaw
pussyfoot
stumble
break off
doubt
balk
US
boggle
flounder
ponder
mammer
debate
weigh
baulk
UK
take a breath
pull up
stop what you're doing
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
be hesitant
be reluctant
be unwilling
pull back
think about
sit on fence
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
prevail
hold out
stretch
persevere
dwell
hang on
last out
go
spread
run
reach
stand
lie
ride out
hang around
head
lead
reside
range
bear
lodge
stand up
hang round
encompass
cling on
be left
be present
draw out
stay put
stretch out
live out
bear on
standby
make it through
cling
see out
stick
bear up
be protracted
continue to exist
outlast
wear
resist
die slowly
cling to life
stay round
creep
outlive
be extant
trend
circulate
hang in the air
remain standing
go round
prolong
occur
be timeless
carry through
be durable
move past
outride
hold true
remain unchanged
go around
wait
stick to
wear well
wear on
be long lived
rest
never say die
hang
inhabit
hover
happen
hold good
remain true
stay staunch
outstretch
stay the same
hang about
stay over
hang out
sit tight
wait around
prolongate
overlap
be found
drag out
be real
be in existence
be the case
be existent
be met with
be latent
hold the fort
spin out
string out
extend the duration of
span
cover
spread out
go as far as
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
pile on/up
)
To increase or cause to increase in quantity
pile
increase
escalate
raise
accrue
accumulate
amplify
augment
boost
grow
increment
magnify
mount
proliferate
rise
up
advance
aggrandize
build
climb
elevate
enhance
expand
extend
further
heighten
intensify
multiply
redouble
reinforce
rocket
soar
spiral
swell
pump
wax
build up
pump up
ramp up
step up
add to
hike up
leap up
shoot up
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