finger in the dyke
buy time
see which way the cat jumps
delayism
laggy
come back to bite
hold fire
hell to pay
holdoff
retarding
disaster
damage
stall
impairment
rearguard action
knock-on
harm
exasperating
exacerbating
erosion
aggravating
another nail in someone's coffin
at the cost of
misordain
catastrophically
impediment
hinderingly
misclock
peril
bad luck
stall for time
force majeure
calculated mistake
ill luck
misfortune
tough luck
train
hold
deteriorationism
penalty
slowing
mishap
holdup
fuck around and find out
proaversive
retard
delay
deterioratingly
interferingly
mischance
bufferbloat
cost
worsening
bewill
cobra effect
fristing
set back
smashup
nonprolongation
foot-dragging
trammeling
syllogize
reblocking
trammelling
throw back
putoff
back
misfiring
agudization
do-or-die
degeneration
only
no dice
counteradvantage
thwart
delaying
aggravate
exasperate
worsen
by-product
hoggishness
cast a shadow
clanger
exacerbate
latency
dicey
pessimization
wait
byproduct
act of God
vis major
one's ass is grass
inevitable accident
time bomb
unavoidable casualty
disadvantageously

English words for 'An attempt to delay a worse consequence from occurring.'

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