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To have prevented oneself from

Past tense for to hinder or impede the progress or movement of

Past tense for to bring to a halt or stop

Past tense for to speak or act in a deliberately vague way to gain more time to deal with something

Past tense for to stop operating or functioning

Past tense for to pause in indecision before doing something

Past tense for to postpone or assign to a later time or date

Past tense for to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive

Past tense for to spend one's time in an aimless, idle way

Past tense for to move or act at a slow speed

Past tense for to cause to come to a stop or end

Past tense for to extend or draw out, typically a period or duration

Past tense for to be, or become, inactive or unchanging

Past tense for to delay action until a particular time or event

Past tense for die

Past tense for overfill

At rest, stationary, immobile, not moving

Delayed or put off until a later time

(idiomatic, figuratively) Delayed or made slower

Deprived of the ability to perform natural physical activities

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Verb

To have prevented oneself from

restrained from

stayed away from

steered clear of

broke the habit of

compensated for

counterbalanced

interfered with

denied yourself

kept at arm's length

called a halt to

gave something a miss

gave a wide berth to

called it a day

stopped oneself

called it quits

had nothing to do with

checked out from

backed off from

stopped oneself from

gave the thumbs down to

resisted the temptation to

turned your back on

restrained oneself from

said goodbye to

prevented oneself from

called it quits on

let well enough alone

checked oneself

brought to a halt

washed your hands of

kicked the habit

avoided doing something

suffered deprivation

brought to an end

put the kibosh on

managed without

stood down from

turned aside from

threw in the towel

threw in the sponge

brought to a close

went cold turkey

restrained yourself

got along without

got on the wagon

brought to a stop

pulled the plug on

ceased to indulge in

rendered needless

turned a blind eye to

shied away from

weaseled out of

shuffled out of

stayed clear of

had no truck with

weaselled out of

went on the wagon

took the pledge

kissed goodbye to

lacked for something

stood in the way

gave the red light to

gave the brush-off to

turned thumbs down

called a stop to

refused to take advantage of

shook one's head

gave the thumbs down

looked down one's nose at

gave the red light

failed to take advantage of

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“This committee is set up to prevent or stall for as long as possible the reaching of a decision.”

Verb

Past tense for to hinder or impede the progress or movement of

interfered with

stood in the way of

short-circuited

put the kibosh on

circumnavigated

defended against

steered clear of

cramped one's style

got in the way of

gotten in the way of

put the stopper on

put the brakes on

threw a spanner in the works

brought to screeching halt

put the brakes on

put on back burner

upset the applecart

thrown a spanner in the works

gotten in the way

thrown a monkey wrench in the works of

threw a monkey wrench in the works of

stemmed the flow of

slipped away from

brought an end to

nipped in the bud

took out of play

taken out of play

gave the run around

given the run around

thrown a monkey wrench into

threw a monkey wrench into

taken wind out of

took wind out of

threw monkey wrench in

thrown monkey wrench in

gotten away from

given the runaround

gave the runaround

put at a disadvantage

kept under control

kept within bounds

kept a tight rein on

kept the lid on

put straitjacket on

put out of commission

put a spoke in someone's wheel

placed at a disadvantage

dragged your feet

given a hard time

gave a hard time

criminalized^US

put a damper on

poured cold water on

put in an unfavourable position

put half nelson on

criminalised^UK

put a restriction on

placed an embargo on

destabilized^US

destabilised^UK

tied someone's hands

setted limits on

imposed limits on

dragged through the mud

queered the pitch of

clipped one's wings

poked full of holes

brought to a standstill

played for time

tied one's hands

kept tight rein on

made it impracticable for

made impossible

made it impossible for

treated harshly

placed a limit on

threw cold water on

thrown cold water on

prevented from making progress

made impracticable

kept within limits

kept within the limits of

dashed one's hope

treated unfavourably

inflicted a handicap on

got bogged down

rendered null and void

clamped down on

cracked down on

treated unfairly

gave disadvantage

given disadvantage

threw a spoke in the wheel of

thrown a spoke in the wheel of

drawn the line on

drew the line on

done a disservice to

did a disservice to

gave a disadvantage to

given a disadvantage to

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“Those scrutinizing the design may raise questions about potential problems that could stall the project.”

Verb

Past tense for to bring to a halt or stop

“We joined the traffic in the Easter Parade and managed to stall the car in front of the news cameras stationed across the street from St. Patrick's Cathedral.”

Verb

Past tense for to speak or act in a deliberately vague way to gain more time to deal with something

“She stared at the note, desperate to stall for time so she could offer a comforting response to Julia.”

Verb

Past tense for to stop operating or functioning

stopped working

ceased to function

developed a fault

gave up the ghost

gone on the blink

given up the ghost

went on the blink

bitten the dust

ground to a halt

stopped functioning

went to the wall

gone to the wall

sank without trace

sunk without trace

gone out of control

went out of control

gone down like a lead balloon

went down like a lead balloon

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“Wet spark plugs and cables short out, causing the engine to stall.”

Verb

Past tense for to pause in indecision before doing something

shilly-shallied

hummed and hawed

hemmed and hawed

sat on the fence

pussyfooted around

blew hot and cold

blown hot and cold

gotten cold feet

whiffled waffled

run hot and cold

ran hot and cold

kept changing your mind

fence-straddled

chopped and changed

stayed in the background

dragged your feet

dragged your heels

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Verb

Past tense for to postpone or assign to a later time or date

held in abeyance

put in cold storage

took a rain check on

taken a rain check on

laid on the table

put on the back burner

put on back burner

gave rain check

given rain check

put on the shelf

kept in abeyance

put in abeyance

put off the evil hour

put off the evil day

given a rain check

gave a rain check

took a raincheck

taken a raincheck

put to one side

put something off

put on one side

put out of commission

changed the date

put into storage

put on a back burner

called a halt to

suspended proceedings

called it a day

left to another time

took a breather from

taken a breather from

took a breather

taken a breather

taken a rain check

took a rain check

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Verb

Past tense for to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, especially with intent to deceive

shilly-shallied

dodged the issue

parried questions

beat about the bush

beaten about the bush

evaded the issue

hummed and hawed

fudged the issue

hemmed and hawed

sat on the fence

ducked the question

ducked the issue

pussyfooted around

beaten around the bush

avoided the issue

begged the question

blew hot and cold

blown hot and cold

stalled for time

straddled the fence

passed the buck

clouded the issue

gave run around

given run around

sidestepped the issue

stretched the truth

shifted ground about

shuffled around

hedged your bets

given a false colour to

gave a false colour to

gave the run around

given the run around

danced around an issue

wormed one's way out of

given the runaround

gave the runaround

skirted the issue

found a way round

played it close to the vest

dodged the question

avoided answering

beat around bush

played your cards close to your chest

beat about the bush about

straddled an issue

fudged and mudged

gave nothing away

given nothing away

beaten about the bush about

beaten around bush

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Verb

Past tense for to spend one's time in an aimless, idle way

frittered away time

whiled away the time

twiddled thumbs

took things easy

taken things easy

whiled away hours

not lifted a finger

whiled away the hours

idled away time

passed the time

sat on one's hands

idled away the hours

whiled away time

slouched around

put your feet up

kicked your heels

sunned yourself

toasted yourself

rested on your oars

sat back and do nothing

did nothing in particular

frittered time away

shilly-shallied

done nothing in particular

lain down on job

lay down on job

burned daylight

took a breather

taken a breather

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Verb

Past tense for to move or act at a slow speed

shilly-shallied

took one's time

taken one's time

dragged your feet

taken your time

got no place fast

get no place fast

put off doing something

played for time

hummed and hawed

played a waiting game

dragged your heels

whiled away time

pottered around

let something slide

used delaying tactics

kicked the can down the road

frittered time away

scrounged around

hemmed and hawed

sat on one's butt

postponed action

deferred action

pussyfooted around

suspended action

adopted Fabian tactics

employed delaying tactics

took a raincheck

taken a raincheck

blew hot and cold

blown hot and cold

brought up the rear

advanced slowly

appeared to pass slowly

dragged oneself

went on too long

gone on too long

took one's own sweet time

taken one's own sweet time

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Verb

Past tense for to cause to come to a stop or end

brought to an end

brought to a stop

brought to a close

brought to a standstill

nipped in the bud

put the kibosh on

pulled the plug on

blew the whistle on

blown the whistle on

put out of business

put out of action

rendered powerless

called a halt to

brought to naught

brought someone to their knees

brought to a halt

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Verb

Past tense for to extend or draw out, typically a period or duration

Verb

Past tense for to be, or become, inactive or unchanging

became stagnant

become stagnant

ground to a halt

stayed the same

remained unchanged

Verb

Past tense for to delay action until a particular time or event

held everything

held your horses

bided your time

cooled your heels

held one's breath

kicked your heels

passed the time

waited in the wings

hung onto your hat

twiddled thumbs

waited patiently

put something off

stopped briefly

kept from doing something

avoided doing something

played a waiting game

kept your shirt on

taken no action

took a breather

taken a breather

played the waiting game

waited and seen

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Verb

Past tense for die

Verb

Past tense for overfill

Adjective

At rest, stationary, immobile, not moving

at a standstill

rooted to the spot

not moving a muscle

as if turned to stone

as still as a statue

fixed to the spot

without moving a muscle

as if rooted to the spot

turned to stone

stopped dead in your tracks

in the doldrums

unable to move from

solid as a rock

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Adjective

Delayed or put off until a later time

Adjective

(idiomatic, figuratively) Delayed or made slower

Adjective

Deprived of the ability to perform natural physical activities

wheelchair-using

learning-disabled

differently abled

having a disability

physically challenged

physically handicapped

physically impaired

out-of-commission

having special needs

with a disability

out of commission

confined to bed

physically disabled

wheelchair-bound

on the sick list

in the hospital

flat on your back

under the weather

up creek without paddle

with hands tied

not in good shape

green about the gills

not up to snuff

like death warmed up

at death's door

hospitalized^US

under medication

hospitalised^UK

the worse for wear

not feeling well

running temperature

feeling terrible

hypochondriacal

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