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Stop or cause to stop making progress
Gain or make time
“Or is the Court simply stalling for time until a new chief justice is appointed?”
To cause to stop making progress, to hinder, to slow down, to delay or forestall
“Start making scenes in his shop and he'll stall you for months with references to far-away bureaucrats without whose say-so nothing can move.”
To stop operating
Stop short
“The engine stalled.”
To postpone from being dealt with
Deliberately avoiding providing a clear answer or statement
Pause in indecision before saying or doing something
Struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water
Extend, draw out
To delay action until a particular time or event
To spend time in a relaxed, lazy manner
To divert one's mind or attention (to something else)
To become inactive or unchanging
Die
Overfill
To apply great and continuous effort
A stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market or large covered area
“Dawn's parents Doreen and Raymond Stewart have run a jewellery stall on the Monday market for 16 years and their only daughter followed them into the business.”
An individual compartment for an animal in a stable or cowshed, enclosed on three sides
“Cate put Midnight back in his stall in the stable, then slipped back into the manor, concealing her riding clothing in the back of her wardrobe.”
The seats on the ground floor in a theatre
The act of retarding or delaying
Office compartment
A rack or manger for fodder
Voting booth
Stall with wheels
A thing made or used for sitting on, such as a chair or stool
A large farm building used for storing grain, hay, or straw or for housing livestock
A building or part of a building where goods or services are sold
The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification
A person who helps another commit a crime
A manner or expression that hides one's true character or feelings
The action of evading something
A pretense or stratagem
An excuse or pretext
An open shed or outhouse, used for sheltering cattle or storing grain or tools
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