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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | delay, hold off |
| Synonyms: | adjourn, arrest, bar, break up, can, cease, check, count out, cut short, debar, defer, discontinue, eject, eliminate, exclude, file, halt, hang, hang fire, hang up, hold up, inactivate, intermit, interrupt, lay aside, lay off, lay on the table, lay over, omit, pigeonhole, pink-slip, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, protract, put a stop to, put an end to, put off, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, put on the shelf, reject, retard, rule out, shelve, stave off, stay, waive, withhold |
| Antonyms: | complete, continue, finish, go, persist, sustain |
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