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