Synonyms:
- about the bush,
- adjourn,
- appall,
- bear off,
- beat around,
- beg the question,
- blind,
- blunt,
- cast off,
- chill,
- cloak,
- color,
- continue,
- cool,
- cover,
- cover story,
- cover-up,
- dally,
- damp,
- dampen,
- defer,
- deflect,
- delay,
- deter,
- device,
- dillydally,
- disaffect,
- discourage,
- disgust,
- disincline,
- disinterest,
- distract,
- divert,
- dodge,
- doff,
- douse,
- drag out,
- drop,
- duck,
- embark,
- equivocate,
- excuse,
- extend,
- facade,
- feint,
- fence,
- front,
- get under way,
- give offense,
- gloss,
- go off soundings,
- go to sea,
- gross out,
- guise,
- handle,
- hang fire,
- hang up,
- haul off,
- have way upon,
- hedge,
- hem and haw,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold up,
- horrify,
- indispose,
- lag,
- lame excuse,
- lay aside,
- lay by,
- lay over,
- linger,
- locus standi,
- loiter,
- mask,
- nauseate,
- offend,
- ostensible motive,
- parry,
- pigeonhole,
- poke,
- poor excuse,
- postpone,
- pretense,
- pretension,
- pretext,
- procrastinate,
- prolong,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- protestation,
- protract,
- public motive,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- push aside,
- push off,
- pussyfoot,
- put aside,
- put on ice,
- put to sea,
- quench,
- recess,
- recoil,
- refuge,
- remove,
- repel,
- reserve,
- revolt,
- run from,
- sail,
- sail away,
- sail away from,
- screen,
- semblance,
- set aside,
- set by,
- sham,
- sheer off,
- shelve,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shock,
- shove off,
- show,
- shrink,
- shy,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- sicken,
- sidestep,
- sleep on,
- slip out of,
- smoke screen,
- stalking-horse,
- stand from,
- stand off,
- stand over,
- stave off,
- stay,
- steer away from,
- step aside,
- step out of,
- stratagem,
- stretch out,
- subterfuge,
- suspend,
- swerve,
- table,
- take a recess,
- take off,
- tarry,
- temporize,
- throw off,
- trail,
- trick,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn from,
- turn off,
- turn the stomach,
- undo,
- unwrap,
- varnish,
- veil,
- waive,
- ward off,
- wean from