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

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

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