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What is another word for
setting back
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Present participle for to delay or hinder an action or process
Present participle for to cost a given amount of money
Present participle for to lower in rank
Present participle for to divest or deprive of confidence or courage
Present participle for to fend off or defend against something hostile
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Verb
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Present participle for to delay or hinder an action or process
delaying
hindering
impeding
retarding
arresting
slowing
miring
decelerating
detaining
embogging
holding up
slowing down
slowing up
bogging down
hanging up
delivering a blow to
holding back
obstructing
inhibiting
hampering
curbing
restraining
checking
handicapping
restricting
encumbering
fettering
stalling
trammelling
trammeling
shackling
hamstringing
cumbering
interfering with
constraining
cramping
stymieing
preventing
stopping
keeping back
blocking
thwarting
foiling
baulking
UK
postponing
clogging
hobbling
interrupting
balking
US
frustrating
curtailing
crippling
choking
baffling
handcuffing
halting
deferring
hog-tying
putting back
deterring
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
slackening
limiting
staying
retardating
withholding
borking
barring
manacling
crimping
short-circuiting
tying up
getting in the way of
making late
putting off
bridling
lessening
braking
embarrassing
holding over
forestalling
bringing to screeching halt
putting a brake on
keeping waiting
shelving
keeping
rescheduling
getting in the way
debarring
suspending
closing off
remitting
taking down
shutting down
backing off
shutting off
proroguing
interfering
holding
choking off
letting up
bogging
controlling
getting bogged down
subduing
binding
inconveniencing
causing to wait
debilitating
tying
dragging your feet
leashing
entangling
weighing down
averting
cramping one's style
causing to stay
tiing one's hands
putting on hold
contravening
bottlenecking
prohibiting
lousing up
counteracting
neutralizing
US
boxing in
crabbing
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
resisting
shutting out
opposing
muzzling
neutralising
UK
burdening
derailing
repressing
protracting
pausing
standing in the way of
holding off on
staving off
intermitting
prolonging
confining
putting in cold storage
putting over
continuing
standing over
putting off the evil day
tabling
putting off the evil hour
taking a rain check on
carrying over
laying on the table
mothballing
putting on ice
adjourning
holding in abeyance
putting in abeyance
pigeonholing
respiting
holding off
putting on the back burner
doing later
weakening
tempering
stunting
reducing
diminishing
lagging
abating
moderating
regulating
decreasing
loitering
qualifying
procrastinating
quieting
reefing
reining in
cutting down
anchoring it
letting down flaps
winding down
losing speed
putting the brakes on
hitting the brakes
cutting back
losing steam
suppressing
stonewalling
disrupting
stifling
containing
interdicting
scuppering
stemming
cutting off
warding off
putting an end to
smothering
circumventing
damming
countering
avoiding
defending against
heading off
staunching
forbidding
defeating
disadvantaging
evading
precluding
nullifying
circumnavigating
holding in
holding down
skirting
sidestepping
stemming the flow of
spoiling
steering clear of
keeping lid on
putting a stop to
sabotaging
sandbagging
straitening
discontinuing
muffling
overloading
stanching
fazing
impairing
governing
taming
freezing
oppressing
keeping under control
dissuading from
fighting back
keeping in check
choking back
bringing to a standstill
biting back
keeping a lid on
putting at a disadvantage
placing at a disadvantage
nipping in the bud
reducing speed
saddling with
slamming on the anchors
easing up
straitjacketing
sidetracking
cooling
circumscribing
rattling
discomfiting
constricting
petering out
standing off
chaining
disconcerting
preventing from making progress
incommoding
sidelining
discommoding
bothering
charging
catching
capturing
enmeshing
ensnaring
netting
snagging
screwing up
fouling up
tethering
setting limits on
imposing limits on
getting out of
throttling
obscuring
screening
giving a hard time
strangling
complicating
reining
beating
putting paid to
escaping
bypassing
gagging
pegging
disciplining
putting on the brakes
slamming on the brakes
swallowing
squelching
cutting short
terminating
taking out
giving disadvantage
overturning
scotching
entrammelling
measuring
ruling
entrammeling
putting out of commission
hemming in
making difficult
deflecting
bottling up
discouraging
repulsing
checkmating
rebuffing
putting a limit on
monkeying with
wronging
ruining
taking wind out of
crashing
unsettling
juking
outwitting
putting the kibosh on
upsetting
doing for
ditching
putting the stopper on
wrecking
stumping
cooling off
keeping within bounds
cooling down
pulling in
slackening pace
buttoning up
keeping tight rein on
keeping the lid on
keeping a tight rein on
inflicting a handicap on
telling against
treating unfavourably
treating harshly
doing a disservice to
putting in an unfavourable position
treating unfairly
giving a disadvantage to
softening
playing for time
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
forfending
withstanding
intercepting
dampening
obviating
anticipating
staving
dulling
cushioning
slacking
fending off
keeping off
turning aside
keeping at bay
ruling out
going slower
damping
loading
depressing
saddling
slacking up
slackening off
losing pace
lumbering
absorbing
weighting
buffering
becoming slower
lading
blanketing
overburdening
outlawing
enjoining
warding
getting slower
reducing in speed
making slower
deadening
taxing
toning down
freighting
damping down
straining
overwhelming
overtaxing
keeping in
putting on brakes
stressing
more ❯
“Unfortunately, they do not accept the holiday season as a valid reason to
set back
the question of adjudication.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cost a given amount of money
costing
drawing
procuring
knocking back
coming to
amounting to
having a price of
running at
commanding a price of
fetching
going for
selling at
selling for
bringing in
being
bringing
retailing at
selling
commanding
realising
UK
raking in
running
producing
pulling in
earning
raising
making
yielding
realizing
US
netting
getting
grossing
obtaining
clearing
acquiring
gaining
pocketing
reaping
securing
returning
accumulating
collecting
garnering
taking home
getting paid
cleaning up
receiving
giving
taking
amassing
bearing
profiting
attaining
bagging
paying
winning
scoring
capturing
coming by
taking in
making a profit of
hauling in
pulling down
achieving
pulling
totaling
totalling
deriving
harvesting
charging
gathering
picking up
hustling
attracting
pricing at
soliciting
affording
listing for
canvassing
demanding
gathering in
repaying
valuing at
paying out
scraping together
marketing for
showing profit
making a killing
cashing in on
paying off
paying dividend
levying
imposing
fixing price at
asking
accruing
landing
carrying
recouping
knocking down
“Shabby had just helped me pick out a new digital camera for myself that was going to
set me back
several hundred dollars.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to lower in rank
reducing
demoting
downgrading
lowering
lowering in rank
lowering in status
abasing
degrading
humbling
relegating
demeaning
belittling
declassing
devaluing
dismissing
undervaluing
bumping
debasing
denigrating
depreciating
humiliating
reverting
bringing down
bringing low
busting
casting down
cutting down to size
disgracing
kicking downstairs
marking down
reducing to the ranks
shaming
snubbing
taking down
taking down a peg
tearing down
crushing
breaking
disrating
lowering the status of
Verb
▲
Present participle for to divest or deprive of confidence or courage
unnerving
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
unmanning
dismaying
disheartening
daunting
dispiriting
discouraging
frustrating
chilling
chillin
undoing
emasculating
paralysing
UK
paralyzing
US
unstringing
putting someone off their stroke
Verb
▲
Present participle for to fend off or defend against something hostile
repulsing
repelling
rebutting
resisting
checking
deterring
foiling
frustrating
nixing
fending off
staving off
warding off
holding off
fighting off
beating off
keeping at bay
turning away
driving back
keeping off
beating back
driving away
turning back
defending against
forcing back
holding back
sending packing
putting to flight
thrusting back
seeing off
brushing off
fighting back
forcing away
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