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What is another word for
shelve
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To postpone or assign to a later time or date
To cancel or do away with something that was planned or agreed on
To be or cause to be at an angle
To stop or cause to stop making progress
To treat as unworthy of serious consideration
Get rid of or give up
To remove from employment or office
To hold or maintain
Put away
Give up; let go
To reduce the value or price of
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▲
Verb
▲
To postpone or assign to a later time or date
postpone
defer
delay
suspend
adjourn
remit
table
reschedule
prorogue
mothball
stay
pigeonhole
respite
continue
hold
prolong
dismiss
sideline
freeze
put off
hold over
put back
hold up
put over
hold off
put on ice
hold in abeyance
lay over
put aside
hold off on
put on hold
carry over
lay on the table
stand over
lay aside
put in cold storage
set aside
slow up
keep in abeyance
take a rain check on
put on back burner
put on the back burner
do later
hang up
tie up
put to one side
put off the evil day
put off the evil hour
stall
interrupt
discontinue
break off
terminate
procrastinate
retard
bring to an end
intermit
dissolve
stop
halt
protract
cut short
hang fire
cease
detain
give rain check
end
call a halt to
extend
hold back
arrest
withhold
put a stop to
disband
recess
check
prorogate
put on the shelf
file
pause
waive
slow
finish
hinder
impede
dally
break up
put in abeyance
give a rain check
call a halt
park
reserve
put something on hold
hold something in abeyance
get across
put across
reprieve
forestay
hold something over
put something off
retain
suppress
cool it
temporise
UK
temporize
US
hang
cool
put on one side
contain
save
take offline
abort
cut
break
keep
block
lengthen
obstruct
neglect
leave
renounce
avoid
put on the bank burner
cancel
sever
take a raincheck
set back
slow down
leave off
curtail
cut off
slow pedal
suspend proceedings
dawdle
tarry
linger
dillydally
loiter
lag
poke
curb
knock off
take a break
restrain
let up
come to an end
take a recess
take five
take a breather
bring to a halt
bring to a close
bring to a standstill
stop dead
stop short
take a rain check
take a breather from
bar
quit
pink-slip
omit
inactivate
can
call it a day
leave to another time
drag one's feet
put on a back burner
rule out
stave off
push back
lay off
count out
shut up
put out of commission
pack away
decommission
put into storage
put an end to
desist
wind up
conclude
drop
rest
close
lapse
elapse
expire
pass
determine
die
take ten
dead-end
wink out
rise
hesitate
wait
waver
shake
take a breath
complete
call time
take time out
go
finish off
ease off
ease up
close out
wrap up
round out
round off
shut down
pull the plug on
have a breather
wind down
be suspended
be put on hold
drop it
axe
UK
do less
nip in the bud
bring to a stop
have a break
come to a standstill
take time off
rearrange
belay
immobilize
US
stem
turn back
scratch
ax
US
eliminate
run out
wrap
extinguish
ultimate
scrub
abolish
bring to a conclusion
annul
bring to an untimely end
deactivate
immobilise
UK
put the kibosh on
relax
slacken
release
abate
relent
consummate
culminate
cap
refrain
change the date
keep from
clear
falter
deliberate
be over
cut loose
sew up
fold up
button up
call off
button down
be put to bed
put a lid on
draw to a close
relax one's efforts
reflect
mark time
pull up
hang back
disrupt
stop briefly
desist from
shut off
cut out
pack in
give over
pack up
dither
vacillate
haver
think twice
swither
goldbrick
stop what you're doing
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
drag
dilly-dally
kick the can down the road
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
postpone action
drag your feet
defer action
be undecided
play for time
play a waiting game
suspend action
let slide
shilly-shally
drag one's heels
be dilatory
be indecisive
hum and haw
more ❯
“The council has decided to temporarily
shelve
the proposal.”
Verb
▲
To cancel or do away with something that was planned or agreed on
cancel
drop
abandon
ax
US
axe
UK
abort
scrub
abolish
withdraw
stop
waive
throw out
call off
do away with
give up
take away
chuck in
put an end to
scrap
scratch
repeal
rescind
revoke
discontinue
cry off
halt
break off
mothball
redline
nix
recall
call
call something off
suspend
postpone
withcall
desist
kill
quit
end
cease
terminate
relinquish
forgo
break
ditch
shun
forsake
can
kick
interrupt
remit
ignore
forfeit
shake
sacrifice
jilt
divorce
eighty-six
retire from
lay off
part from
desist from
turn your back on
wipe out
knock off
cut off
write off
dispense with
have done with
break up
shut off
cut out
finish with
give over
dust off
forget about
part with
pack up
pack in
leave off
resign from
lay off of
break with
withdraw from
throw up
annul
retract
finish
nullify
invalidate
void
abrogate
bring to an end
countermand
disannul
quash
dissolve
reverse
repudiate
recant
negate
avoid
take back
renege
close
abjure
erase
null
vacate
forswear
set aside
roll back
strike down
declare null and void
cut
renounce
call it a day
disclaim
obliterate
delete
backpedal
expunge
remove
call a halt
lift
undo
eliminate
discard
conclude
unsay
disown
go back on
complete
back out
obviate
abate
back down
overrule
override
deny
dismantle
dismiss
render invalid
wrap up
render null and void
round out
sew up
round off
efface
blot out
back out of
discharge
surrender
wind down
call back
rub out
jettison
junk
dump
throw in the towel
cop out
pull out
beg off
annihilate
wind up
disavow
renege on
welsh
back off
expire
elapse
stamp out
abnegate
cut short
make void
counterorder
foreswear
pass
lapse
determine
vitiate
close out
consummate
dead-end
apologise
UK
put off
turf
get cold feet
have change of heart
declare invalid
wink out
give something the chop
knock something on the head
exclude
let up
root out
call a halt to
black out
sweep away
eat your words
change one's mind
put on ice
take out
apologize
US
draw back
snuff out
eat one's words
pull the plug on
forget it
top off
cast aside
round up
call in
disqualify
veto
pull back
take off
disallow
phase out
declare
get off the hook
backtrack
repossess
eat crow
eat humble pie
reclaim
admit defeat
be beaten
give in
despair
stop trying
lose heart
concede defeat
capitulate
ink out
edit
cross out
black
blank out
purge
cancel out
block out
blue pencil
strike out
x out
blue-pencil
stroke out
put a line through
edit out
elide
X out
censor
dele
white out
omit
destroy
excuse oneself
eradicate
forget
extinguish
overturn
exterminate
get rid of
wimp out
crap out
give up hope
abandon hope
extirpate
shed
come to an end
adjourn
cut loose
fold up
die
recess
culminate
be over
button up
bring to a close
button down
be put to bed
prorogue
put a lid on
cap
clear
draw to a close
check
arrest
suppress
overthrow
trash
excise
subvert
zap
put kibosh on
inhibit
close down
supersede
liquidate
disestablish
clean up
deracinate
chop
squelch
prohibit
put the kibosh on
bring
throw in the sponge
nig
reel in
retrograde
change one's tune
fall back
retreat
take in
do a U-turn on
rule out
recede
retrocede
row back on
backtrack on
do an about-turn on
pull up
resign
retreat from
fink out
stop midstream
back pedal
default on
pull out of
knock it off
drop out
worm out
weasel out
chicken out of
blow it off
chicken out
wiggle out
shy from
get cold feet about
fail to honour
change your mind
call it quits
resolve
sunder
belay
wrap
ultimate
settle
crown
pull the plug
get done
end up
get shot of
put paid to
nip something in the bud
shut down
put a stop to
finish off
dispose of
get shut of
wind something up
nip in the bud
pack it in
put the lid on
switch off
more ❯
“Citizens took to the streets in protest and forced their government to back down and
shelve
any plans to amend the laws.”
Verb
▲
To be or cause to be at an angle
slope
lean
tilt
cant
list
dip
tip
pitch
angle
descend
skew
bank
bend
fall
plummet
plunge
angle off
incline
heel
slant
decline
bevel
splay
rise
ascend
sink
descent
climb
drop away
ramp
drop
fall away
recline
rake
beam
aim
direct
point
diverge
train
level
deviate
veer
grade
swerve
be askew
lie obliquely
be at an angle
careen
roll
camber
turn
sag
droop
go down
sway
shift
curve
yaw
slouch
lean over
set at an angle
keel over
slope downwards
tend
stoop
lay
toss
cascade
heel over
put at an angle
bias
bow
verge
put
divert
drift
deflect
nod
beetle
overhang
sheer
slope down
slant downwards
bend forward
be slanted
bend over
seesaw
slant down
drop down
lurch
swag
more ❯
“Observe, through the vista to the left, the richness of the oaks as they
shelve
downward and downward to the plain.”
Verb
▲
To stop or cause to stop making progress
stall
check
halt
stop
impede
hinder
arrest
obstruct
curb
hamper
block
inhibit
restrain
thwart
restrict
stay
retard
frustrate
still
interrupt
catch
trammel
stymie
fetter
limit
forestall
encumber
slow
shackle
balk
US
baulk
UK
hamstring
derail
brake
pause
stonewall
bridle
suspend
freeze
bork
sabotage
fence
stand
hold back
hold up
interfere with
slow down
draw up
put off
bring up
pull up
put a brake on
fetch up
shut down
stand in the way of
stand still
come to a standstill
not move
peter out
stand off
foil
cramp
hobble
cripple
clog
handcuff
prevent
crimp
hog-tie
choke off
throw a spanner in the works of
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
snooker
defeat
handicap
puzzle
confound
stump
mystify
spoil
nonplus
manacle
embarrass
scotch
short-circuit
scupper
flummox
corner
dead-end
baffle
pigeonhole
upset
tie up
crab
postpone
put paid to
detain
retardate
withhold
defer
protract
repress
hang up
hold off
cut off
put the kibosh on
hang fire
remit
prorogue
deter
cumber
put on hold
cramp one's style
intermit
bar
choke
delay
prolong
throw a monkey wrench into
confine
hold
give the run around
throw a spanner in the works
put on back burner
slow up
set back
bog down
take down
stave off
shut off
keep back
hold off on
bring to screeching halt
close off
make late
hold over
put back
get in the way of
back off
constrain
ruin
dash
circumvent
beat
put a stop to
counter
prohibit
oppose
disrupt
foul up
do for
nullify
quash
outwit
disappoint
nix
put an end to
louse up
wreck
discomfit
curtail
screw up
mess up
smash
queer
stifle
shut out
nip in the bud
interdict
undo
counteract
dish
faze
confuse
destroy
suppress
checkmate
crush
nobble
put the lid on
get in the way
neutralize
US
shatter
bilk
forbid
put the stopper on
debar
banjax
neutralise
UK
put the mockers on
evade
sidestep
mar
tie
perplex
skirt
quell
devastate
circumnavigate
bewilder
blight
throw
entangle
bind
fox
bamboozle
wilder
gravel
discombobulate
maze
euchre
floor
rattle
buffalo
cruel
bypass
disconcert
put a spoke in someone's wheel
obfuscate
blow a hole in
be all Greek to
cross
end
dodge
root
outlaw
preclude
disallow
bemuse
veto
demolish
avoid
burden
get around
intercept
interfere
take wind out of
ward off
contravene
avert
head off
disadvantage
elude
enjoin
befuddle
vex
obviate
do in
crool
cancel
make a mess of
upset the apple cart
steer clear of
annul
give the slip
addle
disorient
muddle
fuddle
upset one's apple cart
spike
taboo
play havoc with
befog
make a hash of
pose
muddy
bring up short
stagger
bring to an end
give a hard time
blow one's mind
bring to naught
get
go to one's head
circumscribe
constrict
ban
proscribe
contain
unsettle
snafu
overthrow
overturn
get out of
control
escape
traverse
defend against
disturb
shortcut
damage
inconvenience
dam
negate
torpedo
ditch
juke
stupefy
exclude
injure
impair
straiten
scuttle
play off
cook someone's goose
keep lid on
rule out
muzzle
dumbfound
spike someone's guns
chain
leash
queer someone's pitch
criminalize
US
outmanoeuvre
UK
overcome
ensnare
deny
make illegal
embargo
hold down
stopper
jam up
duck
stun
distract
fog
flabbergast
entrap
weigh down
shake
forfend
bother
put at a disadvantage
outmaneuver
US
kill
drag one's feet
criminalise
UK
box in
place at a disadvantage
throw off
cause to be at a stand
throw monkey wrench in
throw off balance
lock up
make someone scratch their head
disorientate
set thinking
pour cold water on
take aback
saddle with
make someone's head spin
put a damper on
throw cold water on
cap
dissuade from
inc
extinguish
blast
stultify
discontinue
delimit
offset
buck
deflect
poison
blow
finish something
finish off
entrammel
tie-up
clobber
crash
cut short
abort
anticipate
discourage
prevent from making progress
overload
debilitate
enmesh
net
capture
obscure
wreak havoc on
attack
hit
invalidate
cheat
snag
incommode
repel
squash
cease
put a crimp in
charge
discommode
oppress
fluster
bottleneck
repulse
parry
put the brakes on
pick off
take out of play
sideline
tie one's hands
stem
hem in
tether
be the end of
tie down
dissuade
smother
bring to a close
make an end of
blank
counterplot
bury
daze
resist
confront
rein in
not allow to go beyond
keep within the limits of
put straitjacket on
drag feet
hold captive
clip someone's wings
cramp someone's style
snow
surprise
make difficult
put the damper on
bit
reduce
sandbag
ward
give disadvantage
take out
scar
intoxicate
mix up
set someone thinking
inebriate
mess with one's head
make punchy
ball up
ruffle
skip
bollix
promote
regulate
put out of commission
disfigure
stain
annihilate
take wind out of sails
cause setback
get the better of
put end to
beat down
lick
conquer
moderate
overwhelm
disable
put on brakes
put an stop to
hold in
stem the flow of
keep in
afflict
taint
trash
decay
shake off
shuffle off
disarrange
disorganize
disorder
halt in its tracks
run circles around
give the run-around
run rings around
throw a monkey wrench in the works
staunch
pass on
place an embargo on
put down
put a lock on
put a stopper in
zing
bottle up
put half nelson on
gridlock
put chill on
cool
cork
convulse
take the wind out of someone's sails
wrong
be a hindrance to
throw a spoke in the wheel of
dismiss
mislead
trick
detour
dupe
deceive
submerge
abandon
sink
dash one's hope
upset the applecart
glitch up
plug
turn upside-down
derange
set limits on
impose limits on
render null and void
reject
hoodwink
outgeneral
end-run
outflank
beguile
barricade
seal
caulk
cause confusion in
cause turmoil in
throw into disarray
throw into disorder
throw into confusion
treat unfairly
do a disservice to
give a disadvantage to
treat harshly
be unfair to
put in an unfavourable position
treat unfavourably
tell against
inflict a handicap on
outvote
fool
get round
get past
overreach
shun
find a way round
clog up
blockade
close up
fill
close out
jam
block out
fill up
deprive
censor
close
stop up
choke up
stanch
pack
block up
stuff
bung up
declare taboo
rebuff
spurn
block off
bung
occlude
give the thumbs down to
put the chill on
give the red light to
say no
declare illegal
bottle
congest
plug up
gag
blackball
knock back
give the thumbs down
throw out
turn down
skin
stick
be too much for
put at a loss
bring someone up short
more ❯
Verb
▲
To treat as unworthy of serious consideration
dismiss
disregard
discount
reject
spurn
forget
ignore
minimise
UK
minimize
US
overlook
repudiate
discard
dispel
banish
abandon
deny
flout
despise
drop
relegate
scout
shrug off
play down
set aside
brush off
lay aside
pass over
pay no attention to
gloss over
take no notice of
think no more of
write off
kiss off
pay no heed to
put away
have done with
laugh away
put out of your mind
put out of one's mind
eliminate
quell
remove
eradicate
dissipate
dislodge
disperse
scatter
shut out
get rid of
shake off
brush aside
pooh-pooh
neglect
overpass
make light of
turn a deaf ear to
wave aside
whitewash
omit
paper over
wink at
blink at
belittle
rebuff
slight
sweep aside
scoff at
treat with contempt
miss
skip
bypass
gloze over
avoid
evade
turn a blind eye to
shut eyes to
turn your back on
take no account of
slur over
push aside
laugh off
put aside
tune out
look the other way
remit
excuse
pardon
condone
forgive
throw cold water on
pour cold water on
treat lightly
disbelieve
close one's mind to
override
trample on
ride roughshod over
undersell
scorn
doubt
deride
take with a pinch of salt
give no credence to
disdain
ridicule
sneer at
mock
slam-dunk
wipe
make little of
undermine
sniff at
trivialize
US
trivialise
UK
put down
express contempt
break free from
put on the back burner
turn up your nose at
misheed
unheed
hold up to scorn
cock a snook at
refuse to acknowledge
forget about
have no time for
let it go
take no notice
close your eyes to
be oblivious to
pay no mind to
leave be
turn deaf ear
not take into account
fail to notice
unmind
turn back on
connive
exclude
turn a blind eye
look through
bury one's head in sand
dispense with
never mind
turn blind eye
shut your eyes to
shirk
forsake
pretermit
desert
defer
contemn
scant
underestimate
elide
depreciate
overleap
postpone
procrastinate
trifle with
let go
fail to care for
fail to remember
be irresponsible
not remember
keep one's distance
leave undone
not care for
turn one's back on
be remiss
lose sight of
let slide
not care
let pass
have nothing to do with
fail to look after
keep at arm's length
think little of
pay no mind
be derelict
procrastinate over
be lax about
leave alone
be indifferent
be negligent
not attend to
throw to the winds
pass up
pay little attention to
be careless
skimp on
live with
be remiss about
fail to provide for
not trouble oneself
be remiss in
more ❯
Verb
▲
Get rid of or give up
ditch
discard
scrap
chuck
dump
jettison
junk
shed
throw out
abandon
drop
throw away
ax
US
axe
UK
cashier
deep-six
dispose of
eighty-six
exorcise
UK
exorcize
US
lose
pitch
reject
scrub
toss
unload
get rid of
trash
cast off
chuck away
chuck out
do away with
lay by
shuck off
slough off
get shut of
fling away
fling off
get shot of
throw on the scrapheap
throw overboard
knock on the head
pull the plug on
split up with
give the boot
bin
dispense with
cast aside
toss out
eject
eliminate
relinquish
forsake
expel
remove
cast
dismiss
see the back of
throw
clear out
write off
set aside
have done with
cast away
can
desert
slough
dispose
fling
root out
weed out
destroy
part with
shuck
give up
offload
cull
yield
disburden
put out to pasture
dispatch
shrug off
throw off
shake off
toss aside
thrust aside
cast out
sluff off
disown
leave
throw aside
do without
manage without
cope without
bung out
bung away
make away with
cut
heave
release
hurl
abdicate
maroon
exclude
dispossess
repudiate
doff
banish
auction
nix
86
adios
chase
refuse
slip
evict
extrude
unburden
clear
unhand
forgo
away
negative
sweep away
fling out
let go
surrender
turn down
discharge
wash your hands of
rid oneself of
free oneself of
loosen one's hold on
loose one's hold on
fob off
divest yourself of
file in circular file
relieve yourself of
kiss goodbye
kiss off
make over
deep six
demolish
recycle
decommission
annihilate
obliterate
wreck
retire
pour out
empty out
tip out
throw over the side
consign to scrap heap
break up
empty
rid
turn out
clean out
put aside
shift
foist
palm off
off-load
exhaust
sort
let go of
cede
hand over
renounce
deliver up
sacrifice
give away
clean up
tidy up
run off
kick out
show out
let out
demobilize
US
allow to go
turf out
disband
force out
send home
send away
send off
disperse
boot out
boot
deport
oust
bounce
liberate
out
bundle
demobilise
UK
lock out
push aside
rout
drive out
drum out
scour
shake out
liquidate
eradicate
purge
rout out
exterminate
expunge
wipe out
lift
gut
cleanse
erase
strip
void
rid of
more ❯
Verb
▲
To remove from employment or office
pink-slip
dismiss
sack
fire
discharge
release
cashier
axe
UK
retire
remove
terminate
ax
US
can
bounce
oust
boot
displace
depose
unseat
drop
bump
defrock
depone
deselect
disemploy
disfrock
disqualify
furlough
impeach
pension
recall
suspend
unfrock
boot out
kick out
lay off
muster out
let go
turn off
send packing
show the door
give the heave-ho
give walking papers
give warning
let out
shut out
turn away
wash out
give notice to
put away
give the ax
give the gate
show the door one
give someone the ax
give someone the gate
give someone the pink slip
give someone his or her walking papers
expel
defenestrate
get rid of
give someone their notice
pay off
give notice
give someone the big E
give someone the sack
throw out
kiss off
give someone their cards
give the old heave-ho
give someone the push
bin off
give someone the air
give someone his
turf out
make redundant
give someone the boot
give someone the bullet
give someone notice
give someone their marching orders
give the elbow
eject
drum out
dethrone
evict
topple
dislodge
out
supplant
remove from office
overthrow
uncrown
overturn
unthrone
deprive
unmake
demote
discard
bring down
turn out
force out
drive out
exclude
turf
ship
give the boot
cut
usurp
banish
discrown
excommunicate
give one notice
chuck out
give the heave ho
let one go
give the bum's rush
push out
remove from power
give the sack
purge
relegate
downgrade
disbar
eliminate
break
degrade
shed
replace
freeze out
give marching orders
throw out on your ear
pink slip
declare redundant
give somebody their cards
give a pink slip
hand walking papers
give somebody the boot
run out of town
deprive of office
ride out on rail
give somebody the push
give the chop
put out
thrust out
lay someone off
cast out
heave
vote someone out
deport
exile
debar
sever connections
unsettle
move on
court martial
triumph
overwhelm
defeat
disthrone
disenthrone
give the boot to
give the bullet to
sideline
throw
give the push to
retire early
dehire
unhire
take over
give somebody notice
dispatch
take off
sail
chase out
throw someone out
excuse
nix
supersede
bust
terminate employment
step into shoes of
give the sack to
eighty-six
give one's cards
give pink slip
give their cards
give the axe
unhorse
chuck
upset
subvert
give somebody the sack
give bum's rush
fling out
throw someone out on their ear
strip of rank
give somebody the pink slip
relieve of duty
lock out
move
tomahawk
downsize
reduce
hatchet
poll
decimate
cleaver
give heave-ho
omit
transfer
delete
reposition
abolish
slur
disregard
elide
erase
forget
shift
evacuate
pull
relocate
expunge
detach
throw out on ear
budge
abstract
dislocate
ship out
leave off
leave out
scale down
cut back
put an end to
slim down
take down
see the back of
give something a miss
take out
miss out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To hold or maintain
keep
retain
reserve
save
store
accumulate
amass
garner
hoard
collect
hold
possess
stockpile
withhold
cache
stash
conceal
file
heap
hide
repress
stifle
hold back
hold fast to
hold on to
keep hold of
keep in reserve
keep possession of
pile up
put aside
put by
retain possession of
save up
set aside
stash away
store up
cling to
hang onto
hang on to
hold in
hold onto
keep for oneself
lay aside
lay down
set something by
keep to yourself
not part with
retain in one's possession
put away
stow away
squirrel away
preserve
gather
stow
treasure
salt away
lay away
lay up
conserve
lay by
earmark
dedicate
deposit
lay in
squirrel
secure
buy up
put to one side
devote
allocate
maintain
heap up
keep back
scrimp
put aside for rainy day
sock away
stock
put down
build up
stock up
consecrate
hide away
acquire
husband
set by
give up to
stock up on
scare up
rack up
run up
tot up
round up
draw together
put away for a rainy day
scrape together
load up on
have
sustain
not sell
retain use of
bottle
hive
regulate
stack up
pack
load
archive
retain ownership of
not give away
keep on hand
build up stocks
defer
bank
spare
keep out
economize
US
put aside for a rainy day
put by for a rainy day
tuck away
economise
UK
file away
pick up
clean up
designate
tag
label
assign
appropriate
flag
mark
set apart
hypothecate
identify
allocate to
tab
allot to
name
slot
allot
pledge to
commit to
devote to
give over to
mark down
mark out
more ❯
Verb
▲
Put away
rack
keep
pack
stack
store
stow
put away
Verb
▲
Give up; let go
waive
relinquish
renounce
abandon
surrender
yield
cede
reject
give up
abdicate
abjure
disregard
drop
forsake
refuse
resign
sacrifice
defer
forgo
postpone
put aside
remit
spurn
allow
delay
disclaim
disown
dispense with
do without
grant
leave
neglect
prorogue
remove
renege
reserve
set aside
stay
suspend
table
sign away
turn down
hand over
hold off
hold up
refrain from
turn over
put off
render
lay down
deliver
cough up
turn in
part with
forfeit
abnegate
forego
concede
forswear
ignore
transfer
decline
quit
give away
eschew
pass up
cut out
lose
step down from
deliver up
go without
step aside from
let go of
dismiss
repudiate
let pass
cease
stop
abstain from
desist
give over
swear off
give in
opt out
let go
leave out
bail out
cast off
give
miss
commit
pass
skip
discard
forbear
refrain
demit
vacate
resist
desert
withdraw
avoid
withgo
quitclaim
capitulate
miss out on
let go by
pass on
bequeath
ditch
fail to take advantage of
yield up
shed
steer clear of
withhold from
leave off
pack in
fold
make over
bag it
give way
cast aside
pass by
back down
lay aside
desist from
give something a miss
say goodbye to
throw in the towel
throw in the sponge
close your eyes to
forget
deny oneself
brush aside
waste
squander
convey
assign
confer
disinherit
shirk
disgorge
deny
recommend
hand
entrust
consign
trust
intrust
transmit
repose
delegate
vest
confide
pass something up
betray
blow
spare
prostitute
withdraw from
stand down from
separate oneself from
sign off
divorce oneself from
wash hands of
turn one's back on
shun
relegate
fork out
fork up
dispense
fritter away
expend
bypass
botch
sacrifice something
kiss goodbye
leave behind
pay with
be deprived of
be stripped of
kiss goodbye to
abstain
disavow
submit
cast
dump
communicate
vouchsafe
abalienate
accord
remise
halt
deny yourself
restrain from
lay off
fail to take
pass over
fail to grasp
lose out on
let slip
drop the ball
bow
succumb
terminate
kick
come across with
sign over
fork over
not touch
stay away from
get off
rein in
forbear from
shy from
can
commend
budge
blink
relent
retire
cut loose
drop out
kiss good-bye
stand down
acquiesce
knuckle under
cave in
concede defeat
take the pledge
take the oath
quit cold turkey
drop like hot potato
keep off
call a halt to
skip out on
antedate
climb down
sell out
exclude
disqualify
step down
precede
knock off
resign from
back out of
drop out of
proffer
admit defeat
cry uncle
buckle under
pull out
hand in
despair
tender
chicken out
present
bow out
comply
collapse
leave holding the bag
leave high and dry
leave in the lurch
sit out
discharge
keep from
leave alone
antecede
preexist
predate
cancel
omit
eliminate
rule out
throw out
cross out
shut the door on
dish out
allot
devolve
hand on
bestow
allocate
shell out
lay out
pay
hand down
provide
pony up
ante up
hand out
apportion
distribute
pay up
furnish
parcel out
charge
pay out
dole out
place
disburse
come up with
deal out
refer
offer
supply
produce
alienate
mete out
commission
donate
invest
depute
deed
give out
alien
contribute
authorize
US
authorise
UK
prorate
portion
make with
chip in
stump up
appoint
spend
task
feed
send
administer
dispatch
share
send on
settle up
put
lay
deposit
award
foot the bill
pass round
pass out
hand round
lend
direct
kick in
pitch in
come across
designate
set down
defray the cost of
devote
impart
appropriate
leave with
divide
put into the hands of
send out
dispose of
disseminate
pay for
reassign
shift
bestow on
circulate
share out
mete
confer on
divvy
give to
give back
turn over to
sign something over
put in
extend
volunteer
shell something out
release
give over to
divert
find
will
gift
make something over to someone
stump something up
confine
outlay
put in charge of
issue
shunt
redirect
put down
finish with
let fall
channel
free
render up
throw
let someone have
club together
vest in
give into the custody of
give into the care of
unload
give into the charge of
promise
ordain
destine
engage
leave to
employ
move
send on errand
hold responsible for
send on mission
change
let have
endow
lodge
set
make a contribution
make a donation
handball
escalate
give custody of
deposit with
give custody
decentralise
UK
pass to
pass down
decentralize
US
offload
get rid of
hand to
foist
fob off
be handed down
palm off
give free rein
divide out
partition
measure
give with
lot
return
offer back
pin
devise
demise
attorn
have a whip-round
patronise
UK
advance
allow to look after
let out
make trustee
loan
aid
let
store
patronize
US
put into hands of
command
show
level
apply
exhibit
put in the hands of
pertain
belong
entrust to
grant to
invest in
settle
display
give oneself over
fall victim
fold up
suffer defeat
accept defeat
be overwhelmed
cry quits
lay down your arms
break
show the white flag
come to terms
be overcome
indulge
resign yourself
lay down arms
be conquered
be beaten
give up the struggle
buckle
raise the white flag
call it quits
saddle
burden
aim
instate
target
ascribe
expose
extract
broadcast
let off
drop off
unveil
repeat
spread
scoop
dish up
ladle
serve
spoon
inflict
serve up
deal
cut in
disperse
parcel
lot out
divvy up
split
break up
portion out
ration out
ration
admeasure
cut
measure out
divide up
carve up
slice
piece up
slice up
declare
give and take
carry
relay
publish
make known
retail
stream
retweet
RT
provide use of
be generous with
send forth
allow use of
fulfil
UK
achieve
carry out
make good on
implement
live up to
fulfill
US
have
deliver the goods
carry through
bear
roll out
bring forward
put forward
bring out
draw out
bring to light
more ❯
Verb
▲
To reduce the value or price of
write off
depreciate
downgrade
lower
attenuate
break
cheapen
depress
devaluate
devalue
mark down
reduce
sink
write down
abandon
cancel
disregard
forget
reject
underrate
undervalue
cross out
give up
set aside
take a loss on
cut
slash
drop
discount
decrease
lessen
diminish
lower in price
abate
deflate
axe
UK
ax
US
knock down
devalorize
demerit
cut back
curtail
pare
bring down
cut down
keep down
scale down
dwindle
put down
dip
debase
slow
degrade
cause to fall
deplete
moderate
dent
slim down
minimise
UK
downsize
ease
pare down
roll back
shave
minimize
US
de-escalate
ease up on
downscale
demote
prune
clip
bump
ruin
bench
revert
abase
humble
declass
set back
take down a peg
decay
decline
erode
deteriorate
fall
soften
worsen
lower in value
cut in price
curb
put on sale
deduct
lower the price of
undersell
make cheaper
rein in
taper
disgrade
wind down
drive down
reduce the price of
subtract
temper
offer at a giveaway price
render worthless
decrement
weaken
mitigate
tone down
shrink
quell
lighten
dull
trim
blunt
alleviate
contract
limit
deaden
dampen
relax
assuage
allay
restrain
subdue
ebb
take the edge off
check
stifle
mute
relieve
retrench
dilute
suppress
mollify
palliate
make cutbacks in
impair
turn down
calm
step down
abridge
tail off
ease off
shorten
muffle
wane
slacken
taper off
sap
drop off
cut back on
smother
fade
truncate
phase down
subside
still
dial down
damp down
narrow
peter out
restrict
damp
qualify
soothe
let up
undermine
minify
whittle down
make less
ratchet down
cool
round down
recede
relent
remit
run down
level down
scale back
die down
take the sting out
make smaller
enervate
fall away
quieten
debilitate
die out
die away
extenuate
slake
extinguish
overcome
drain
cushion
average down
dock
quench
modulate
slow down
put a damper on
make less intense
grow less
pall
wear away
wear down
take the bite out
salami-slice
drain away
take off
bedim
dim
darken
silence
discourage
squelch
devitalize
couch
rationalize
US
enfeeble
constrict
abbreviate
cast down
vitiate
take down
appease
trim back
trim down
disable
cripple
numb
cut down on
rationalise
UK
dry up
modify
thin
plummet
slump
put damper on
lop
put the lid on
crop
tranquilize
US
waste
economize
US
lenify
economise
UK
tranquillize
UK
quiet
grow smaller
drop away
soft-pedal
phase out
whittle away
make reductions in
become smaller
rachet down
discredit
ration
belittle
tame
hush
sate
slenderize
scale something down
regulate
economize on
make fewer
syncopate
elide
disempower
contain
revise
gentle
defuse
muzzle
reduce greatly
chill
nose dive
ease up
buffer
etiolate
calm down
retrench on
get less
keep it down
mellow
decrease the volume
pipe down
keep to a minimum
keep at a minimum
lull
make weaker
rebate
make less active
deter
control
restraint
flag
desist
die off
take the heat off
tire
subvert
nosedive
waste away
come down
go down
benumb
blanket
inhibit
cauterize
US
dash
adulterate
rarefy
dissipate
offset
mark off
hold back
blur
amputate
close
help
satisfy
plunge
wreck
prostrate
destroy
stamp out
anesthetize
US
anaesthetize
UK
settle
pacify
kill
play down
slack up
cauterise
UK
cloud
throw cold water on
compose
fill
surfeit
sweeten
let up on
lay off
take pressure off
remove
delete
eliminate
confine
omit
pour cold water on
water down
strike off
knock off
take away
put an end to
make nice
put a stop to
pour oil on
eat away
rob from
run low
dispirit
crush
become less
fall off
slacken off
pale
budget cut
tune down
roll down
trim away
overwhelm
trouble
ail
dishearten
demoralize
US
deject
subjugate
dismay
exhaust
consume
expend
upset
shake
sadden
oppress
daunt
snip
shear
amortise
UK
make dim
empty
spend
amortize
US
tighten
placate
perturb
defeat
chagrin
bother
weary
distress
overpower
evacuate
use up
make faint
milk
bob
nip
pollard
mow
poll
weigh down
demoralise
UK
bum out
bear down on
beat down
skive
shape
neaten
make less bright
burn
absorb
bleed
devour
cut short
tidy up
cut off
cut shorter
even up
lop off
cast a pall over
suck dry
impoverish
bankrupt
finish
draw down
draw
squander
play out
wash up
eat up
dig into
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