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

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

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