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hang fire

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Main Entry: defer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hold off, put off

Synonyms:

adjourn, block, delay, detain, extend, give rain check, hang fire, hinder, hold up, impede, intermit, lay over, lengthen, obstruct, postpone, procrastinate, prolong, prorogue, protract, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, remit, retard, set aside, shelve, slow, stall, stay, suspend, table, waive

Antonyms:

advance, expedite, forge, forward, hasten, hurry
Main Entry: postpone
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put off till later time

Synonyms:

adjourn, cool it, defer, delay, give a rain check, hang fire, hold off, hold over, hold up, lay over, pigeonhole, prorogue, put back, put on back burner, put on hold, shelve, suspend, table

Antonyms:

carry out, continue, do, expedite, forward, maintain, persevere
Main Entry: procrastinate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: delay, put off doing

Synonyms:

adjourn, be dilatory, cool*, dally, dawdle, defer, drag, drag one's feet, give the run around, goldbrick, hang fire, hesitate, hold off, lag*, let slide, linger, loiter, pause, play a waiting game, play for time, poke*, postpone, prolong, protract, retard, shilly-shally, stall, stay, suspend, tarry, temporize, wait

Antonyms:

accelerate, advance, complete, do, finish, go ahead, quicken
Main Entry: stymie
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: frustrate, hinder

Synonyms:

balk, block, choke off, confound, corner, crab, cramp, cramp one's style, crimp, cut off, dead-end, defeat, foil, give the run around, hang fire, hang up, hold off, hold up, impede, mystify, nonplus, obstruct, pigeonhole, prevent, put on back burner, put on hold, puzzle, shelve, snooker, stall, stonewall, stump, throw a monkey wrench into, thwart

Antonyms:

aid, assist, encourage, help
Main Entry: suspend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: delay, hold off

Synonyms:

adjourn, arrest, bar, break up, can, cease, check, count out, cut short, debar, defer, discontinue, eject, eliminate, exclude, file, halt, hang, hang fire, hang up, hold up, inactivate, intermit, interrupt, lay aside, lay off, lay on the table, lay over, omit, pigeonhole, pink-slip, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, protract, put a stop to, put an end to, put off, put on back burner, put on hold, put on ice, put on the shelf, reject, retard, rule out, shelve, stave off, stay, waive, withhold

Antonyms:

complete, continue, finish, go, persist, sustain
Main Entry: hang back
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be reluctant

Synonyms:

drop back, drop behind, hang fire, hang off, hold back, hold off, hover, lag behind, pause, procrastinate, shrink back, shy away, stay back, stick, straggle, trail

Antonyms:

forge ahead
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