stand still

Strongest matches

• adjourn
• arrest
• bar
• block
• break off
• cease
• curb
• deter
• end
• hamper
• impede
• interrupt
• stall
• stem
• stop
• suspend
• terminate

Strong matches

• balk
• check
• desist
• frustrate
• intermit
• obstruct
• pause
• punctuate
• rest
• stay
• wait

Weak matches

• blow the whistle on
• bring to an end
• bring to standstill
• call it a day
• close down
• come to an end
• cool it
• cut short
• draw up
• drop anchor
• hold at bay
• hold back
• pull up
• put a cork in

Strongest matches

• lay
• lean
• pause
• prop
• settle
• sit
• stand
• stretch out

Strong matches

• loll
• lounge
• repose
• roost

Weak matches

• be quiet
• be supported
• lie still

Strongest matches

• fester
• hibernate
• languish
• stall

Strong matches

• constipate
• decay
• decline
• idle
• putrefy
• rot
• rust
• stand
• stifle
• stultify
• trammel
• vegetate

Weak matches

• go to seed
• lie fallow
• not move

Strongest matches

• halt
• hamper
• hinder
• interrupt
• postpone
• put off
• slow
• stay
• stop
• suspend

Strong matches

• arrest
• brake
• check
• die
• equivocate
• fence
• filibuster
• hedge
• prevaricate
• quibble
• stand
• still
• stonewall
• tarry
• temporize

Weak matches

• avoid the issue
• beat around the bush
• drag one's feet
• hold off
• not move
• play for time
• shut down
• slow down
• stand off
• take one's time