hold off
hang up
dally
wait
play for time
procrastinate
respite
defer
stall
put off
hinder
forbear
delayable
slowball
prolong
fristing
protract
pause
delayer
dilatory
retardation
waiting game
retard
dretch
pend
hold fire
stall for time
footdragger
kick into the long grass
delay
holdup
delayingly
forestay
holdoff
cunctatious
cunctatorship
shift off
delaying
set back
deferred
pendence
postponer
hove
cunctator
suspension
not a minute too soon
push off
tie up
postpone
tarpit
linger over
dwell on
catch
restive
hold over
nonpostponement
see which way the cat jumps
sleep on
ad interim
delayism
putoff
drawl
redelay
adjourn
delayal
push back
dwell
remit
roll back
hit a snag
bog
delayability
stave
head off at the pass
r-tard
run late
I mean
relent
hold
put a pin in
cunctative
snooze
forestall
hold up
impatient
stay
postponement

English words for 'To delay someone or something temporarily; to keep at bay.'

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