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Verb
To have prevented oneself from
Past tense for to fend off or defend against something hostile
Past tense for to avert or delay something undesirable
Past tense for to halt an activity or task temporarily
Adjective
Delayed or put off until a later time
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Verb
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To have prevented oneself from
helped
avoided
refrained from
stopped
averted
dodged
evaded
prevented
abstained
abstained from
bypassed
circumvented
controlled
deflected
desisted
diverted
ducked
eluded
escaped
forbore
got around
passed up
precluded
resisted
restrained from
shied from
shirked
shook off
shrank from
sidestepped
skipped
skipped out on
skirted
stayed away
stayed away from
steered clear
steered clear of
withstood
broke the habit of
fended off
forbore from
got out of
held off
kept from
neutralised
UK
shunned
warded off
anticipated
arrested
blocked
checked
checkmated
compensated for
counteracted
counterbalanced
deterred
eschewed
forbade
forbid
forestalled
frustrated
halted
headed off
hindered
impeded
interfered with
made up for
negated
neutralized
US
nullified
obviated
offset
offsetted
prohibited
provided
shook
stalled
stove off
ceased
declined
denied yourself
desisted from
did without
forwent
gave up
kicked
left off
refused
renounced
withheld from
holpen
holp
delayed
held back
denied oneself
kept at bay
gotten around
shaken off
shrunk from
forborne
shaken
done without
given up
forborne from
broken the habit of
gotten out of
forgone
quit
rejected
spurned
abandoned
weaseled out of
weaselled out of
scaped
finessed
abjured
dropped
shuffled out of
repudiated
dispensed with
quitted
cut out
relinquished
fought shy of
cast aside
jacked in
had nothing to do with
cut
forsook
forsaken
ditched
disavowed
denied
turned back on
cut off
disowned
abnegated
refrained
ignored
passed
washed your hands of
packed in
rebuffed
snubbed
dismissed
repealed
gave a wide berth to
given a wide berth to
disclaimed
discontinued
missed
forswore
forsworn
passed on
cheated
shied
bilked
parried
kept at arm's length
baulked at
turned down
turned your back on
not touched
skirted round
run away from
retracted
recanted
skived
reneged
withheld
deserted
neglected
kept clear of
demurred
disapproved
kept
funked
reprobated
curbed
finished
abdicated
knocked back
disaffirmed
shied away from
sacrificed
recoiled from
swore off
sworn off
laid off
said no to
balked at
wriggled out of
kept off
skived off
escaped from
stayed clear of
copped out of
kept your distance
reneged on
sloughed off
turned away from
had done with
skulked
broke off
broken off
unsaid
beat
goldbricked
discarded
waived
lost
repulsed
tergiversated
fled
foiled
disdained
scorned
stayed shy of
kept away from
nixed
thwarted
went without
gone without
axed
demurred at
restrained
gave something a miss
given something a miss
negatived
deselected
shucked
balked
US
baffled
baulked
UK
jilted
interrupted
paid no attention to
avoided like the plague
jibbed at
inhibited
resisted the temptation to
let well enough alone
stopped oneself
malingered
let something slide
found a way out of
kept well away
casted off
set aside
shuffled off
not accepted
ran away from
left out
divorced oneself from
gave a wide berth
given a wide berth
had nothing more to do with
opted out
slid out of
shut off
gotten away from
turned away
sat out
got off
got away from
left behind
withdrawn
withdrew
forewent
foregone
foreswore
foresworn
withholden
gainsaid
lay off
threw off
thrown off
given the slip
thrown over
gave the slip
threw over
circumnavigated
shrunk
disinherited
ended
canceled
US
cancelled
UK
shortcutted
defeated
terminated
dumped
turned
apostatized
defected
kept one's distance from
scrapped
aborted
disregarded
suspended
discounted
fielded
left
shammed
scratched
rescinded
shelved
scrubbed
overlooked
tricked
juked
fenced
conceded
brushed aside
omitted
bridled
belayed
belaid
outrun
repelled
forgot
canned
forfeited
revoked
remitted
dogged
bludged
declined to
resigned from
taken the cure
refused to take advantage of
answered evasively
wiped out
given over
slipped away from
did away with
lost sight of
protested at
shook one's head
withdrawn from
flown
ended relations with
skimped on
packed up
parted from
gotten off
flinched
shied away
withdrew from
pulled out of
thrown out
snuck away
run from
given the runaround
outwitted
eighty-sixed
looked down one's nose at
left something undone
took the cure
pussyfooted around
gave the runaround
slipped out
finished with
gave over
come off
sold out
made light of
cried off
done away with
escaped the clutches of
called off
slipped through the net of
opted out of
had no truck with
played truant from
short-circuited
called a halt to
protested
shaken one's head
slipped
restrained yourself
kept out of the way of
slipped through the net
run around
avoided doing something
boggled at
reined in
led on a merry chase
not heeded
laid off of
turned from
passed over
binned off
refused to receive
quailed at
not done
walked out on
backed out of
tossed over
brushed off
hung back
paid little attention to
threw out
left alone
pussyfooted
not bought
found a way round
doubled
turned deaf ear to
knocked off
backed away
slipped through your fingers
parted with
divorced
retired from
had no part of
said no
ducked out of
sent off
avoided dealing with
held out
not cared for
fenced off
flew
dusted off
shrank
shrunken
beaten
came off
broke
broken
brake
forgotten
forgat
gave thumbs down to
drew the line at
given thumbs down to
drawn the line at
gave the thumbs down to
given the thumbs down to
gone easy
went easy
lain down on job
lay down on job
taken the pledge
went on the wagon
gone on the wagon
took the pledge
outran
given the red light
gave the thumbs down
given the thumbs down
gave the red light
wrote off
threw up
written off
broke up
thrown up
broken up
broke with
forgot about
broken with
forgotten about
drew back
drawn back
ran from
gave the slip to
thrown off the scent
gotten away
given the slip to
got away
threw off the scent
ran around
given someone the big E
gave the elbow
given someone the air
given someone the push
gave someone the push
given the elbow
gave someone the air
gave someone the big E
given the go by
gave the go by
blown off
blew off
end-ran
broken away from
broke away from
took back
taken back
more ❯
“The observance of a few simple rules will
stave off
danger until assistance can be procured.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to fend off or defend against something hostile
repelled
repulsed
rebutted
resisted
opposed
countered
retaliated
fended off
warded off
beat off
beaten off
fought off
turned away
turned back
defended against
defended yourself
fought back
put up a fight
beat
put up a fight against
fought
combated
combatted
negated
rebuffed
tackled
attacked
battled
oppugned
defied
contended with
contravened
held at bay
met
matched
stood up to
defended
foughten
beaten
took on
taken on
flown in the face of
flew in the face of
stove off
challenged
contested
withstood
disputed
struggled against
checked
confronted
thwarted
bucked
crossed
faced
hindered
obstructed
controverted
blocked
objected to
withset
frustrated
contended
impeded
prevented
fought against
striven against
strove against
faced down
setted your face against
contradicted
encountered
denied
disliked
assailed
disagreed
disagreed with
disapproved
dissented
assaulted
set upon
reacted
counteracted
protested
disapproved of
restrained
inhibited
stopped
halted
stemmed
refused
withstayed
gainstayed
gainstood
withsat
gone against
went against
curbed
not supported
not countenanced
rebelled against
argued with
took a stand against
taken a stand against
frowned at
quarreled with
took issue with
taken issue with
called in question
gainsaid
run counter to
stood up and be counted against
made a stand against
put up an argument
put an end to
argued against
spoken out against
spoke out against
clashed
balked
US
argued
disaffirmed
impugned
wrestled
fought with
eliminated
ended
clashed with
skirmished with
bucked the trend
struck
engaged
launched
counterattacked
dueled
US
negatived
duelled
UK
traversed
baulked
UK
grappled with
scrapped with
wrested with
waged war against
warred
revolted against
resolved
withsitten
rivalled
UK
rivaled
US
entered into combat with
mounted an attack on
relucted
questioned
waged war on
battled against
taken up arms against
took up arms against
countervailed
stonewalled
campaigned against
ran counter to
agitated against
come to close quarters with
spoke against
spoken against
dissented with
tangled with
brought to an end to
opposed action
joined battle with
spared no effort
locked horns with
tried to extinguish
competed against
refused to accept
kicked against
tried to put out
baulked at
competed with
coped with
acted against
done battle with
did battle with
taken
took
risen up against
rose up against
begun battle with
battled with
began battle with
stricken
fallen on
fell on
came to close quarters with
taken issue
took issue
taken a stand
took a stand
gave battle to
given battle to
gone against the grain
went against the grain
more ❯
“The inhabitants of Leptis and Oea were unable to
stave off
the invading barbarians.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to avert or delay something undesirable
stove
staved
averted
avoided
thwarted
foiled
forestalled
countered
halted
prevented
arrested
prohibited
counteracted
forfended
hindered
impeded
inhibited
obstructed
baulked
UK
balked
US
checked
intercepted
repressed
restrained
restricted
retarded
anticipated
held off
interdicted
interrupted
obviated
precluded
stopped
held back
warded off
defended against
kept at bay
fended off
headed off
kept off
put an end to
put a stop to
shut out
kept lid on
nipped in the bud
ruled out
turned aside
repelled
blocked
repulsed
deterred
frustrated
deflected
curbed
resisted
rebutted
parried
fought off
beat off
opposed
stalled
circumvented
put off
put to flight
turned away
barred
kept at arm's length
turned back
kept away
derailed
stymied
defeated
hampered
rebuffed
kept
helped
fenced
discouraged
diverted
crimped
trammeled
trammelled
stonewalled
interfered with
held at bay
sent packing
set back
guarded
screened
bulwarked
beaten off
defended
warded
evaded
fended
circumnavigated
nullified
saved
pre-empted
preempted
skirted
sidestepped
steered clear of
protected against
spoilt
UK
beat back
spoiled
US
guarded against
scuppered
protected
shielded
safeguarded
secured
covered
cramped
put paid to
beat
eliminated
holp
holpen
bypassed
debarred
withheld
stood in the way of
let
withstood
delayed
held
put the stopper on
beat someone to the punch
provided against
second-guessed
got in before
turned off
shielded against
kept from happening
beat someone to it
drove back
put back
shut off
drove away
shut down
driven back
brushed off
driven away
defended oneself against
put a brake on
forced back
upset
beat someone to the draw
safeguarded against
thrusted back
chased away
put a damper on
cut off
put the kibosh on
kept back
beaten back
sheltered
preserved
suppressed
harbored
US
escaped
excepted
conserved
harboured
UK
postponed
fortified
scotched
controlled
overturned
detained
watched
withholden
protracted
crippled
deferred
removed
paused
hobbled
housed
disrupted
limited
upheld
stayed
hedged
barricaded
damped
garrisoned
slowed
foreclosed
hamstrung
prorogued
cumbered
shelved
fettered
commandeered
shackled
remitted
hamstringed
indisposed
quieted
insured
shunted
nixed
dampened
chilled
cooled
holden
handcuffed
clogged
slowed up
forefended
slowed down
made impossible
intermitted
beaten someone to the draw
shielded yourself from
brought to screeching halt
backed off
choked off
kept at a distance
acted in advance of
beaten someone to it
ruined
knocked down
shoved aside
hog-tied
provided sanctuary
drove off
stood up for
taken down
got ahead of
kept safe
brought an end to
confined
looked after
desisted
repelled danger
watched over
worked against
encumbered
bogged down
excluded
juked
sent away
ceased
headed off at pass
stolen a march on
braked
saw off
forced away
seen off
fought back
outwitted
made unnecessary
beaten someone to the punch
prevented the occurrence of
prepared for
poured cold water on
made late
held up
got round
ditched
forced off
made it impossible for
closed off
took down
crashed
gotten ahead of
picked off
cared for
unsettled
prolonged
factored out
stumped
wrecked
choked
held over
stood off
held off on
kept from harm
discontinued
stole a march on
gotten out of
got out of
beaten
retardated
letten
leet
upholden
acted against
shaken
shook
took in
taken in
given sanctuary
gave sanctuary
done for
taken wind out of
took wind out of
did for
threw a spanner in the works
thrown a monkey wrench in the works of
brake
got in the way of
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
gotten in the way of
thrown a spanner in the works
thrown cold water on
threw cold water on
drawn away
drew away
gotten rid of
took away
taken away
did away with
got rid of
done away with
stove off
handicapped
constrained
set
contravened
regulated
forbid
dissuaded from
fixed
fixt
pegged
circumscribed
capped
manacled
embarrassed
bridled
baffled
curtailed
interfered
constricted
put on hold
short-circuited
put the brakes on
put chill on
put a lock on
put a stopper in
put on ice
tied up
held down
suspended
forbidden
forbade
retained
demarcated
denied
delimited
bounded
bound
obscured
bottlenecked
kept waiting
refused
laid off
stifled
muzzled
neutralized
US
burdened
strangulated
crabbed
neutralised
UK
borked
tied
governed
terminated
caused to stay
caused to wait
frozen
froze
straitened
specified
demarked
prescribed
moderated
gotten in the way
kept within bounds
hung up
defined
corked
held in check
loused up
refused to pay
sabotaged
hemmed in
setted limits on
kept a tight rein on
delimitated
tied down
bottled up
mothballed
girdled
kept the lid on
kept within limits
marked off
immobilised
UK
stunted
imposed limits on
placed a limit on
subdued
kept down
immobilized
US
boxed in
got in the way
lay off
drawn the line on
drew the line on
took out of play
taken out of play
thrown a spoke in the wheel of
threw a spoke in the wheel of
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to halt an activity or task temporarily
suspended
postponed
delayed
deferred
shelved
adjourned
tabled
prorogued
rescheduled
mothballed
stayed
pigeonholed
interrupted
retarded
held
holden
recessed
intermitted
protracted
prorogated
procrastinated
checked
withheld
withholden
disbanded
filed
waived
barred
canned
inactivated
put off
held over
put back
put on ice
held off
held up
held in abeyance
put aside
laid over
put in cold storage
put on hold
laid on the table
took a rain check on
taken a rain check on
put on the back burner
laid aside
hung fire
called a halt to
kept in abeyance
put on back burner
put in abeyance
pink-slipped
hung up
counted out
ruled out
put on the shelf
Adjective
▲
Delayed or put off until a later time
deferred
delayed
postponed
adjourned
prolonged
protracted
remanded
stalled
pigeonholed
retarded
shelved
suspended
temporised
UK
temporized
US
held up
on hold
on the shelf
put off
on ice
on the back burner
in waiting
pushed back
put back
tabled
held over
prorogued
intermitted
scrubbed
up in the air
halted
interrupted
late
tardy
overdue
behind
hindered
slowed
stuck
behind schedule
caught up
immobilized
US
immobilised
UK
weather-bound
icebound
fogbound
snowbound
stranded
stormbound
more ❯
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