Related Words:
- on the spot
collapse - without delay or immediately; "we hired her on the spot"; "thought they were going to shoot us down on the spot"
- at the place in question; there; "they were on the spot when it happened"; "it had to be decided by the man on the spot"
- in a difficult situation; "that question really put him on the spot" related words >
- PDQ,
- aboard,
- among us,
- apace,
- as of now,
- as things are,
- at once,
- at present,
- at this juncture,
- at this moment,
- at this point,
- at this time,
- between two fires,
- but now,
- cornered,
- cursory,
- decisively,
- directly,
- endangered,
- even now,
- expeditious,
- expeditiously,
- festinate,
- feverish,
- flying,
- for the nonce,
- for this occasion,
- forthwith,
- furious,
- hasty,
- here,
- here and now,
- hereabout,
- hereabouts,
- hereat,
- hereinto,
- hereto,
- hereunto,
- hic et nunc,
- hither,
- hitherward,
- hitherwards,
- hurried,
- immediate,
- immediately,
- imperiled,
- in Dutch,
- in a bind,
- in a fix,
- in a mess,
- in a pickle,
- in a predicament,
- in a scrape,
- in a spot,
- in danger,
- in deep water,
- in desperate case,
- in extremis,
- in jeopardy,
- in no time,
- in our time,
- in these days,
- in this place,
- in this vicinity,
- in trouble,
- instant,
- instantaneously,
- instanter,
- instantly,
- jeopardized,
- just here,
- just now,
- just then,
- last-minute,
- momentaneously,
- momentarily,
- momently,
- now,
- nowadays,
- on Queer Street,
- on board,
- on the dot,
- on the instant,
- on the nail,
- passing,
- pretty damned quick,
- prompt,
- promptly,
- pronto,
- quick,
- quickly,
- right away,
- right off,
- slap-bang,
- slapdash,
- smartly,
- snap,
- somewhere about,
- speedily,
- speedy,
- straightaway,
- straightway,
- subito,
- summarily,
- superficial,
- swift,
- swiftly,
- this day,
- this night,
- threatened,
- to this place,
- today,
- tonight,
- urgent,
- with all speed,
- with us,
- without delay,
- without further delay
- afterthought,
- arrest,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- bind,
- block,
- blockage,
- brake,
- bureaucratic delay,
- check,
- clip the wings,
- curb,
- decelerate,
- deceleration,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- detain,
- detention,
- double take,
- drag,
- dragging,
- draw rein,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- flagging,
- halt,
- hang-up,
- hindrance,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- holdup,
- impede,
- interim,
- jam,
- keep back,
- lag,
- lagging,
- let down,
- let up,
- letdown,
- letup,
- logjam,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- minus acceleration,
- moderate,
- moratorium,
- obstruct,
- obstruction,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- reef,
- rein in,
- relax,
- reprieve,
- respite,
- retard,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- set back,
- setback,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slack-up,
- slacken,
- slackening,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- suspension,
- take in sail,
- throttle down,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- wait
- barrier
collapse
- a structure or object that impedes free movement
- any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding"
- anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access related words >
- abatis,
- advanced work,
- arch dam,
- backstop,
- balistraria,
- balustrade,
- bamboo curtain,
- bank,
- banquette,
- bar,
- barbed-wire entanglement,
- barbican,
- barrage,
- barricade,
- bartizan,
- bastion,
- battlement,
- bear-trap dam,
- beaver dam,
- blank wall,
- blind alley,
- blind gut,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- bolt,
- boom,
- bottleneck,
- boundary,
- brattice,
- breakwater,
- breastwork,
- brick wall,
- buffer,
- buffer state,
- bulkhead,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- casemate,
- cecum,
- cheval-de-frise,
- choking,
- choking off,
- circumvallation,
- clog,
- cloison,
- cofferdam,
- collision mat,
- congestion,
- constipation,
- contravallation,
- costiveness,
- counterscarp,
- cul-de-sac,
- curtain,
- cushion,
- dam,
- dead end,
- defense,
- demibastion,
- diaphragm,
- dike,
- dissepiment,
- ditch,
- dividing line,
- dividing wall,
- division,
- drawbridge,
- earthwork,
- embankment,
- embolism,
- embolus,
- enclosure,
- entanglement,
- escarp,
- escarpment,
- fence,
- fender,
- fieldwork,
- fortalice,
- fortification,
- frontier,
- gate,
- glacis,
- gorge,
- gravity dam,
- groin,
- ha-ha,
- hindrance,
- hydraulic-fill dam,
- impasse,
- impediment,
- infarct,
- infarction,
- interseptum,
- iron curtain,
- jam,
- jetty,
- leaping weir,
- levee,
- limit,
- lock,
- logjam,
- loophole,
- lunette,
- machicolation,
- mantelet,
- mat,
- merlon,
- midriff,
- midsection,
- milldam,
- moat,
- mole,
- mound,
- obstacle,
- obstipation,
- obstruction,
- outwork,
- pad,
- padlock,
- palisade,
- panel,
- parados,
- parapet,
- paries,
- partition,
- party wall,
- portcullis,
- postern gate,
- property line,
- rail,
- railing,
- rampart,
- ravelin,
- redan,
- redoubt,
- roadblock,
- rock-fill dam,
- sally port,
- scarp,
- sconce,
- sealing off,
- seawall,
- separation,
- septulum,
- septum,
- shock pad,
- shutter dam,
- stockade,
- stone wall,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strangulation,
- tenaille,
- vallation,
- vallum,
- wall,
- weir,
- wicket dam,
- work
- abate,
- arrest,
- avert,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- bate,
- bear off,
- brake,
- check,
- clip the wings,
- curb,
- decelerate,
- delay,
- detain,
- die down,
- diffuse,
- disjoin,
- disperse,
- draw aside,
- draw rein,
- ease,
- ease up,
- ebb,
- edge off,
- fall,
- fly off,
- free,
- gee,
- glance,
- glance off,
- go off,
- haw,
- head off,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- impede,
- jib,
- keep back,
- lax,
- let down,
- let go,
- let up,
- let up on,
- loose,
- loosen,
- loosen up,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- make way for,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- move aside,
- obstruct,
- reef,
- rein in,
- relax,
- relent,
- remit,
- retard,
- scatter,
- set back,
- sheer off,
- shove aside,
- shunt,
- shy,
- shy off,
- side,
- sidestep,
- sidetrack,
- sidle,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slake,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- stay,
- steer clear of,
- step aside,
- subside,
- switch,
- take in sail,
- throttle down,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn back,
- unbend,
- unbrace,
- unglue,
- unlax,
- unleash,
- unstick,
- unstrain,
- unstring,
- untighten,
- unwind,
- veer off,
- wane
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