detain
misdirect
deplatform
poker face
antiretaliation
preventionism
choke back
string along
diversion
withholder
get off of someone's cloud
pull the wool over someone's eyes
lead by the nose
talk sense
govern
play false
bamboozle
snow
take away
hoodwink
keep one's cards close to one's chest
rationalization
cut the ground from under someone's feet
deter
keep out
work the oracle
withdraw
between you and me
get in someone's hair
stand aside
suppressive
clip the wings of
cramp someone's style
leave someone hanging
block
dissuasive
drop the gloves
restraint
inconspicuously
waiting game
stave off
get out of someone's face
gut up
step back
nut up
keep from
bear off
consuming
antiretaliatory
buttonholing