What is another word for hold back?

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What is another word for hold back?

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derail, disdain, dip out, stamp out, cramp, imperil, count against, cut into, interrupt, bust, beset, back down, poop out, scratch, suspend, idle, conspire, staunch, immobilize, suffocate, shelve, convulse, cry off, scotch, gum up, snuff out, upset, paralyze, scuttle, forget, intervene, bale out, bedevil, abort, clog, bring up against, kill off, forgo, weigh down, cut, frustrate, beg off, interfere with, disconnect, sabotage, petrify, quash, quell, wash out, back out, bugger about, stanch, freeze, endanger, disadvantage, deep-six, wreck, extinguish, brew up, crimp, squeeze out, disrupt, entangle, hush, pinion, tax, pitch into, knock back, stamp on, catch out, scrub, keep away, call off, spite, opt out, scrap, inconvenience, bail, pitchfork, stifle, blow up, entrap, obstruct, threaten, defeat, squelch, mess with, muffle, strangle, smother, condemn, default, reduce to, obstruction, bail out, let down, quench, scourge, destroy, pose, dog, hold-down, put to, haunt, expose, weight, choke, betray, sit, withdraw, squeeze, trouble, corner, develop, place, put out, gave in, pulls back, retreating, give ground, go back on, give up, wimp out, cave in, withdraw from agreement or statement, pulling back, gives ground, have no fight left, back pedal, caves in, caving in, Withdrew, giving ground, pulled back, Quashed, crossed out, covers up, go out like light, go out like a light, Squashing, obfuscate, squash, cross out, crossing out, make dark, covering up, rub out, delete; cover, cover up, covered up, keep back, shut in, corked, held in, cooped up, hold down, held down, box up, bring to naught, corking, kept back, kept secret, hold in, keep feeling inside oneself, coop up, holding in, keeps back, Entrapped, keep secret, keeping back, saddled, Saddling, fight back, Benching, set back, Disrate, demerited, kick downstairs, demeriting, Benched, Declass, kicking downstairs, turn down, Negativing, taboo, forsake, called on, Tabooed, Forgone, calling on, Tabooing, say no to, turn thumbs down, take exception to, not buy, Negatived, forgoing, call on, spurn, enjoin from, veto, hang fire, hanging fire, lag behind, hang off, hangs fire, drops behind, drop behind, shrink back, lagging behind, dropping behind, drop back, stay back, Bunking, Domiciling, Domiciled, Bunked, Housed, provide refuge, thought about, dithered, stutter, thinking about, scruple, pussyfoot, sit on fence, dithering, thinking twice, Floundered, thinks about, be irresolute, Hesitated, Stammered, think twice, think about, shy away, be unwilling, snafued, hinders, get in the way, underplayed, make little of, underplay, be little, deemphasize, make light of, glossed over, underplaying, underplays, gloss over, made light of, send off, turned away, Regretted, turn deaf ear to, turns away, turn one's back on, turn from, give thumbs down to, turn back on, send regrets, nixing, refuse to receive, turning away, passed up, Reprobated, not budge, turn away, Reprobating, not budget, make excuses, setting aside, Refusing, turned back on, not care to, wind down, Reefing, eased up, winding down, keep waiting, backwaters, Reefed, hit the brakes, stunting, let down flaps, Back-water, easing off, embog, lose steam, occults, Occulted, Occulting, disclaim, skimp, have, bridle, famish, combat, not touch, hold aloof from, let well enough alone, choke down, compromise, save up, preserve, Haver, defy, stand aloof, ease up, hold the line, withstand, lag, deduct, resist, fetter, hold horses, overcome, calm, encumber, postpone, dodge, rebuff, refrain, ban, stunt, snub, in, drag, slack up, regress, be cheap, brake, interfere, be sparing, be proof, catch, shun, delay, control, hold up, discontinue, stall, shrink from, engage, assure, make, starve, backwater, lose ground, quiet, boggle at, recede, temporize, preclude, pass up, be parsimonious, get, put a damper on, slacken off, close, silence, eschew, be penurious, damp, outlast, dam up, reserve, lose speed, dispense with, meddle, rein (back, blanket, govern, throttle, backpedal, choke back, prohibit, pinch, block, restrain oneself, put back, retrench, dispirit, limit, stand aloof from, avoid excess, demur, conquer, draw rein, slacken, endure, barricade, put aside, ease off, defer, stash, deter, cut corners, keep quiet, conserve, terminate, prevail, oppose, obtain, begrudge, shackle, foil, jib, scrimp, nail, bar, dishearten, save, spare, cool, standstill, be frugal, tame, thwart, interdict, proscribe, straiten, mask, guard, intimidate, hold out, blank out, be patient, forestall, be mingy, detain, hamper, reef, hold fast, deny oneself, dilly-dally, baulk, decelerate, keep out, stick, proceed, have nothing to do with, economize, slack off, continue, stint, stave, bog, bit, not use, settle, let go by, maintain, dispel, balk, set by, disallow, stay, do without, bog down, keep in reserve, husband, stymie, abstain from, waive, get in the way of, eat sparingly, subdue, pull, keep down, refrain from, curtail, enjoin, intercept, sit upon, bottle, secure, take, clip the wings, gag, adjourn, dampen, deaden, put by, dam, keep on hand, embargo, last, relax, sit tight, battle, weather, Intermeddle, counteract, mute, countercheck, bind, countervail, reduce speed, take it easy, moderate, trammel, cease, shut off, think better of something, pull back, knock something on the head, avoid, desist, burden, abstain, embarrass, plague, deal with, manage, master, pin, trap, hoard, stockpile, set-aside, store up, collect, arrest, conceal, fight, retain, beats someone to it, pre-ceded, beat someone it, de-lays, be step ahead of, provides against, inter-cept, fore stalls, are one step ahead of, were one step ahead of, was one step ahead of, beats to it, fore-stalled, beats someone it, are early, fore stalled, was step ahead of, de lays, wast one step ahead of, am step ahead of, is one step ahead of, pre-cedes, fore-stall, de laying, were step ahead of, beat to it, wert step ahead of, preparing for, wast early, fore-stalling, am early, wert early, were early, provided against, providing against, art one step ahead of, de-lay, pre cedes, being step ahead of, is step ahead of, pre ceded, inter cept, was early, being early, wast step ahead of, being one step ahead of, de lay, pre cede, pre ceding, beating someone to it, beating to it, am one step ahead of, de-laying, is early, fore-stalls, are step ahead of, prepares for, fore stalling, pre-ceding, fore stall, wert one step ahead of, art step ahead of, pre-cede, beating someone it, re coiling, re-treated, re-canted, haddest no fight left, having no fight left, with drew, re-coiled, hath no fight left, re treated, with drawing, withdraws from agreement or statement, begging off, re-treating, re coils, re coiled, re-signing, with draw, re signs, begs off, with-drawing, re signed, sur-rendered, withdrew from agreement or statement, caved in, re treating, withdrew from agreement statement, has no fight left, with-drawn, hast no fight left, re treat, sur-renders, withdrawing from agreement or statement, sur-rendering, re-signs, wimped out, re-coil, with-draws, hadst no fight left, re-treats, with-draw, with drawn, re-sign, wimping out, re signing, sur rendered, withdrawing from agreement statement, sur renders, withdraws from agreement statement, sur rendering, withdraw from agreement statement, re canted, Re sign, with-drew, begged off, with draws, re-treat, sur render, wimps out, re-coiling, sur-render, re-signed, re treats, gave ground, re-coils, had no fight left, re coil, re canting, re-canting, delete;s cover, delete;ing cover, going out like a light, making dark, went out like light, goes out like a light, zonk out, going out like light, crosses out, made dark, makes dark, zonking out, goes out like light, went out like a light, zonked out, delete;ed cover, zonks out, brings to naught, brings naught, re straining, bringing to naught, re-straining, cooping up, bring naught, re-strains, holds down, boxes up, brought naught, shuts in, re-strained, re strains, re strain, brought to naught, boxed up, keeps secret, keeping secret, re-strain, keeps feeling inside oneself, keeping feeling inside oneself, bringing naught, re strained, kept feeling inside oneself, shutting in, boxing up, coops up, holds in, nip bud, re pulsed, counter acted, counter-act, nip the bud, re-buffed, re buff, re duce, re buffs, re-pulse, counter-acted, slackened pace, re-buff, re-buffing, slackening pace, counter-acting, counter acts, re-pulsing, counter acting, Bitting, counter-acts, re pulse, re pulses, slows down, re-duces, re-pulsed, re buffing, counter act, re-buffs, reining in, re-duce, re duces, played for time, re buffed, slackens pace, re pulsing, re-pulses, slowing down, nip in bud, contain, hold back, turn back, stop, puts a lid on, de limiting, puts lid on, putting ice, in-tern, de-tain, de tains, de-limited, putting lid on, de-tains, in terns, in-terns, puts on ice, sending up, de-limiting, de limits, puts ice, in tern, put ice, de-limit, putting a lid on, hog tie, de tain, cools down, de-limits, putting on ice, de limited, de limit, dis allowed, keeps lid on, dis-allowing, puts half nelson on, keeping lid on, dis allows, cooled off, dis allow, concusses, dis-allows, putting half nelson on, dis-allowed, cools off, kept lid on, dis allowing, dis-allow, over loads, over loaded, over-loaded, over-loads, over-loading, over loading, over-load, bringing to screeching halt, brought to screeching halt, boxed in, brings to screeching halt, bring screeching halt, brought screeching halt, co oked, entrammeling, sub dues, sub-due, boxing in, keeps tight rein on, co-oking, entrammels, entrammeled, sub-dues, brings screeching halt, co oking, co-oked, sub due, bringing screeching halt, keeping tight rein on, kept tight rein on, de merited, de-graded, de-meaning, de classed, de motes, dis-rates, de meaning, declasses, de-motes, re-legates, dis rating, dis-missing, dis rates, dis-rating, de-merit, de-merited, de-classing, dis-missed, de-grades, de merits, de mean, de grade, de-grade, de-mote, de-class, de graded, de moting, de-mean, de means, de grading, de-means, dis rate, de mote, dis rated, de meriting, de grades, de-moting, kicked downstairs, de-classes, de classes, dis missed, re-legate, de-meriting, disrated, de-classed, de class, Declassing, de classing, dis missing, disrates, kicks downstairs, de merit, de-grading, re legate, dis-rate, re legates, dis-rated, de-merits, disrating, dis carded, dis-proves, dis avows, be-grudge, dis-credit, turns thumbs down, dis cards, dis avow, dis-acknowledge, dis claim, dis believe, not buying, dis credit, dis-believe, takes exception to, dis acknowledge, dis owned, be-grudged, dis believed, re-butted, be grudging, dis believing, dis proving, dis-crediting, dis claims, dis-acknowledges, dis avowing, dis acknowledged, enjoining from, turning thumbs down, dis-credited, dis-claim, said no to, took exception to, dis proved, be grudged, dis-claiming, dis-proved, re-butting, re butting, dis-believes, dis-claimed, dis-carding, dis-prove, dis crediting, dis acknowledges, dis acknowledging, be-grudges, dis avowed, dis-acknowledging, dis-acknowledged, says no to, dis-avow, dis card, dis-claims, taking exception to, dis believes, dis prove, be grudges, dis claimed, dis-card, not buys, not bought, enjoins from, dis-believed, turned thumbs down, dis-avowing, be grudge, enjoined from, dis credits, dis-owned, dis proves, dis-credits, dis-avowed, dis-carded, dis credited, dis-cards, dis-owning, re butted, be-grudging, dis-avows, calls on, dis claiming, dis-believing, dis carding, saying no to, dis-proving, dis owning, de-spoiling, dis-inherit, dis possessed, be reft, stiffing, dis inherits, dis robed, dis inherited, dis mantled, dis-mantling, dis robe, de spoiling, be reaves, dis-possesses, dis mantle, dis inheriting, be-reave, de nude, dis-possess, dis robes, de-nude, dis possess, dis-mantled, dis possessing, de-spoil, dis-inherited, dis robing, dis-possessed, de-nudes, be reave, dis mantles, dis possesses, dis-robes, dis mantling, dis-mantles, dis-possessing, de nudes, be reaving, be-reaving, dis-inherits, dis-mantle, be-reaved, be-reft, de spoil, dis-robing, dis-robe, dis-robed, de-spoiled, dis-inheriting, be reaved, de spoils, be-reaves, dis inherit, de spoiled, de-spoils, dis incline, dis-countenancing, dis-favored, dis advising, dis-advise, inter fere, dis favored, dis advise, disadvised, turns aside, in disposing, in-disposed, in disposes, inter feres, dis-favors, dis-incline, dis-countenanced, in-dispose, dis-courage, dis inclines, dis favor, dis countenances, dis-countenances, dis-inclining, dis-advises, dis countenancing, dis-advised, dis-favor, dis favoring, dis courages, dis-favoring, in dispose, dis inclining, in disposed, dis inclined, dis courage, disadvises, talked out of, dis-countenance, dis countenance, disadvising, throws cold water on, dis-inclined, inter-fere, dis-advising, dis advises, indisposes, dis countenanced, holds off, inter-feres, talks out of, dis favors, dis-courages, threw cold water on, in-disposes, throwing cold water on, in-disposing, dis-inclines, dis advised, put fight, fended off, keeps at bay, held at bay, keeping at bay, re-plying, keep bay, re plying, kept bay, putting up fight, holding bay, hold bay, keeps bay, re-plied, holds bay, holding at bay, held bay, holds at bay, beating off, putting fight, keeping bay, puts up fight, beats off, re plied, puts fight, de-cline, going easy, de-clines, keeps from, de cline, kept from, de clines, goes easy, went easy, art stingy, was reluctant, is reluctant, re sents, art reluctant, wast reluctant, being stingy, wert stingy, re-sents, is stingy, were stingy, am stingy, re sent, wert reluctant, was stingy, were reluctant, re-sent, being reluctant, wast stingy, am reluctant, are reluctant, are stingy, brings to an end, calling it a day, bring an end, coming an end, brings to end, calls it day, called a day, brought an end, called it a day, comes an end, ceases fire, stood still, blew the whistle on, calls it a day, bring standstill, brings end, intermits, brought to an end, bringing to end, puts cork in, coming to end, closes down, cooled it, bringing end, cools it, come end, came an end, blowing whistle on, came to end, calls day, blows whistle on, calling it day, brought standstill, brings an end, dropped anchor, ceasing fire, call it day, bringing an end, brings standstill, calls a day, stands still, calling a day, calling day, call day, putting a cork in, came to an end, comes end, brought to standstill, brings to standstill, brought to end, bring end, coming end, comes to an end, come an end, blew whistle on, blows the whistle on, comes to end, put cork in, cooling it, called day, blowing the whistle on, brought end, came end, called it day, putting cork in, bringing standstill, re sting, coming to an end, dropt anchor, bringing to an end, re-sting, puts a cork in, drops anchor, ceased fire, bringing to standstill, come to end, puts out commission, putting out commission, puts out of commission, put out commission, putting out of commission, sidelining, dropt behind, shrank back, hanging off, hung off, dropt back, shrinks back, hanged off, staying back, lags behind, hangs off, staid back, dropped behind, hung fire, stayed back, shrinking back, shrunk back, lagged behind, hanged fire, stays back, dropped back, dropping back, drops back, de fends, providing refuge, de fended, de-fends, provided refuge, de-fended, de-fending, de fending, de-fend, de fend, provides refuge, de bates, shying away, am unwilling, thinks twice, art irresolute, shies away, was irresolute, art unwilling, de bating, wert irresolute, are irresolute, wast unwilling, sate on fence, were irresolute, de-bate, being unwilling, is irresolute, shied away, being irresolute, sat fence, hem haw, wert unwilling, de-bating, sitting on fence, de-bates, sits fence, thought twice, sat on fence, de bate, wast irresolute, de bated, sitting fence, blow hot cold, sits on fence, was unwilling, were unwilling, sate fence, am irresolute, are unwilling, is unwilling, de-bated, sit fence, goes into hiding, putting out of the way, puts out the way, puts out way, blots out, dis-guise, re-served, puts out of way, put out of way, dis guise, dis-guised, stowed away, re serve, not give awaying, putting out of way, dis-guising, keeping from, not give awayed, went underground, putting out way, dis guising, put out way, lies low, took cover, putting out the way, re serving, dis guises, not give aways, re-serves, going underground, going in to hiding, puts out of the way, re-serve, re served, went in to hiding, put out the way, not telling, stowing away, not tells, tucks away, dis-guises, lied low, re-serving, go in to hiding, goes underground, takes cover, stows away, going into hiding, went into hiding, goes in to hiding, dis guised, tucking away, gat in the way, getting in way, gat the way, gotten in way, snafuing, get way, de bars, get in way, gat in way, got in way, de-bars, getting way, de-barred, gets the way, get the way, gets in way, got way, gotten in the way, de barred, de barring, got the way, got in the way, gets way, de bar, de-barring, de-bar, getting the way, gat way, gets in the way, gotten way, getting in the way, gotten the way, sit out, inter-dict, inter dict, out lawing, putting on brakes, puts brakes, out lawed, hanging up, put brakes, hanged up, puts on brakes, keeps in, out-lawed, out-lawing, putting brakes, de-positing, traded in, de posits, re tains, trading in, re-tains, re-tain, dealt in, re tain, pre-serving, pre served, pre-serves, de posited, pre-served, de-posit, pre serves, de posit, de-posited, pre serving, pre serve, de-posits, de positing, trades in, pre-serve, coming standstill, de liberate, stopping briefly, breaking it up, stopt briefly, taking a breather, de-liberated, come standstill, calls time, took breather, de-liberates, catch ones breath, de liberated, brake it up, de liberating, dis-continues, took a breather, put hold, dis-continuing, takes break, take break, puts on hold, called time, coming to standstill, takes breather, take breather, puts hold, de liberates, comes to standstill, taking ten, came to standstill, dis continuing, putting hold, taking five, dis continued, dis-continued, taking break, took a break, takes a break, breaks it up, catch one breath, dis-continue, taking breather, dis continues, takes five, came standstill, took break, took five, took ten, de-liberating, comes standstill, takes ten, broke it up, catch breath, de-liberate, dis continue, be-little, under-rate, under-play, making little of, de emphasize, makes little of, under played, under-played, made little of, under rated, under rating, under rate, makes light of, under-rates, glosses over, making light of, under rates, softpedal, under-rating, under play, under-playing, under-plays, under-rated, be littles, under playing, be-littles, forfending, puts a stop to, pre venting, pre-vented, forfended, puts end to, pre vent, putting stop to, pre-vents, pre vents, putting a stop to, defended against, pre-vent, putting end to, puts an end to, puts stop to, pre-venting, forfends, pre vented, putting an end to, defending against, defends against, gives thumbs down to, refusing receive, nixed, dis-approved, dis sent, sending regrets, turning from, dis approves, dis-accorded, dis approved, dis-according, re-fused, re fused, making excuses, turning ones back on, not budgeting, giving thumbs down to, not budges, turns ones back on, sets aside, passes up, refused receive, gave thumbs down to, dis sents, re-fuses, not budged, turning one back on, pro-tested, turned from, sent off, dis-approving, refuse receive, not budging, re-probated, refusing to receive, turns deaf ear to, turns one's back on, re fuses, dis-sent, dis accord, turned ones back on, re fuse, sends off, turn ones back on, turns from, dis approving, turning back on, dis-accord, sending off, turned deaf ear to, re-fusing, dis-accords, re probate

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