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▲
To extend or make longer in length
To make longer in time or duration
To put off to a later date or time
To delay taking action
To remain in existence, or in the same state, indefinitely or for an extended period
(
pile on/up
)
To increase or cause to increase in quantity
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Verb
▲
To extend or make longer in length
extend
lengthen
expand
stretch
enlarge
widen
outstretch
broaden
elongate
grow
distend
prolongate
draw
draw out
stretch out
make longer
prolong
dilate
swell
increase
inflate
augment
amplify
pad
fatten
open
drag out
spin out
become larger
become wider
puff out
spread
continue
unfold
ream
spread out
open up
open out
make wider
get wider
open wide
grow larger
proceed
string out
grow longer
thicken
get longer
heighten
develop
bulge
mushroom
boost
snowball
bulk
bourgeon
supersize
magnify
bloat
make bigger
balloon
burgeon
escalate
fill out
compound
become distended
bulk up
increase in size
blow up
upsurge
soup up
hike
intumesce
beef up
become bigger
tack on
bolster
puff up
make larger
get bigger
slap on
pyramid
tumefy
let out
splay
pull out
make broader
become broader
upsize
embiggen
unfurl
deepen
pad out
unroll
fan out
bulk out
flare
separate
divide
flesh out
puff
swell up
widen out
blow out
spread wide
outspread
span
fan
uncoil
roll out
flare out
flatten
untwist
sprawl
unwind
cover
range
reach
branch
be unbroken
branch out
burst forth
fill
protuberate
jumboize
become thicker
make thicker
become longer
become deeper
make deeper
grow bigger
more ❯
“The smug monster in her is really going to bare its teeth and
protract
its claws.”
Verb
▲
To make longer in time or duration
prolong
continue
perpetuate
sustain
pad
prolongate
stall
drag out
string out
carry on
keep going
spin out
extend the duration of
keep up
wire-draw
go on with
keep something going
drag on
hold off
extend
lengthen
draw out
stretch
keep alive
stretch out
outstretch
maintain
keep
preserve
elongate
retain
hold up
make longer
persist
increase
uphold
renew
delay
drag your feet
make something go on and on
last
hold
project
run
run on
make last
expand
increase the length of
endure
reach
go
overlap
let it ride
pad out
eke out
fill out
go on
fill
support
put rubber in
bear
conserve
back
favour
UK
buoy
defend
favor
US
stay with
stand by
bolster up
keep from falling
keep in existence
save
nurture
protect
cherish
persevere with
hold to
persist with
hold on to
secure
safeguard
harbour
UK
nurse
harbor
US
care for
look after
keep possession of
keep intact
take care of
continue with
cling to
manage
control
prop up
strengthen
keep up with
put up
memorialize
US
cling
keep to
be true to
keep going with
hang in
immortalize
US
guard
eternalize
keep something up
keep on with
carry on with
shelter
eternize
commemorate
shield
disseminate
propagate
bolster
spread
steward
immortalise
UK
memorialise
UK
screen
persevere
watch over
have
keep safe
give refuge
give sanctuary
cause to continue
foster
survive
possess
entertain
chug away
plug away
cleave to
more ❯
“The appearance of a rebel splinter group will merely
protract
the civil war.”
Verb
▲
To put off to a later date or time
postpone
defer
delay
procrastinate
put off
hold up
put on hold
suspend
adjourn
shelve
prorogue
prolong
retard
hold over
put back
reschedule
table
stay
mothball
stall
pigeonhole
remit
extend
put on ice
hold off
hold in abeyance
hold off on
lay on the table
put on back burner
put in cold storage
take a rain check on
put on the back burner
intermit
respite
detain
slow
put over
lay over
give rain check
hang fire
set aside
prorogate
recess
impede
interrupt
continue
hinder
obstruct
hold
withhold
block
waive
check
bar
carry over
stave off
keep in abeyance
temporise
UK
temporize
US
give a rain check
take a raincheck
disband
file
inactivate
can
put aside
put in abeyance
hang up
rule out
push back
lay aside
pink-slip
count out
put on the shelf
call a halt to
hamper
restrain
trammel
restrict
arrest
foil
stymie
retardate
thwart
derail
curb
cramp
halt
hobble
pause
repress
prevent
cripple
stop
crimp
hamstring
inhibit
deter
fetter
cumber
shackle
encumber
choke
clog
confine
brake
frustrate
handcuff
slow up
set back
hold back
slow down
choke off
hog-tie
put a brake on
interfere with
take down
stand in the way of
bring to screeching halt
close off
make late
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works
shut off
get in the way of
shut down
back off
bog down
keep back
lengthen
put to one side
stand over
reorganize
US
rearrange
reorganise
UK
reserve
leave
dismiss
sideline
break off
rebook
change the date
do later
put off the evil day
put off the evil hour
let up
park
retain
suppress
hang
cool
contain
reprieve
take offline
forestay
put something off
neglect
renounce
avoid
put on one side
freeze
decommission
leave to another time
cool it
take a breather from
put on a back burner
tie up
desist
rest
call it a day
take a recess
suspend proceedings
take five
take a rain check
take a break
take a breather
pack away
put into storage
re-reserve
book again
surcease
refrain
handicap
decelerate
balk
US
slacken
baffle
lessen
mire
bog
baulk
UK
more ❯
“Some of the scenes in the film appear to be an attempt to add some running time or
protract
the ending.”
Verb
▲
To delay taking action
procrastinate
dally
delay
stall
dawdle
temporise
UK
temporize
US
adjourn
defer
dither
haver
hesitate
postpone
prolong
retard
vacillate
waver
cool
goldbrick
lag
poke
swither
tarry
wait
drag
linger
loiter
pause
stay
dilly-dally
put off
be dilatory
defer action
drag your feet
hold off
let something slide
shilly-shally
take a raincheck
hum and haw
play for time
postpone action
hang fire
put off doing something
suspend action
be indecisive
be undecided
use delaying tactics
play a waiting game
kick the can down the road
drag your heels
dillydally
hang back
waste time
diddle
lollygag
mope
hold back
idle
falter
creep
crawl
lallygag
filibuster
take one's time
take your time
kill time
stonewall
fluctuate
prevaricate
hang around
hang about
goof off
halt
trifle
stagger
straggle
gain time
hedge
mark time
blow hot and cold
equivocate
scruple
teeter
wabble
wobble
buy time
beat about the bush
pussyfoot around
potter around
fool around
slack
putter
potter
oscillate
balance
while away time
plod
stay put
be unsure
warm a chair
bum around
sit on the fence
hem and haw
potter round
hang out
sit around
potter about
lose time
be slow
lag behind
get no place fast
let the grass grow under one's feet
fall behind
mess around
perendinate
bide
obstruct
totter
loll
slouch
slow-walk
shirk
drop behind
move slowly
tergiversate
block
hang on
horse around
not keep pace
wait around
demur
dodge
goof around
hang round
use dilatory tactics
put on the back burner
palter
hinder
hover
be doubtful
be uncertain
um and ah
be irresolute
frig around
be long
be tardy
piddle
prevent
be evasive
stay back
shrink back
stay in the background
shy away
be reluctant to come forward
stop
discontinue
cease
putter around
faff
fiddle around
twiddle thumbs
employ delaying tactics
use Fabian tactics
stall for time
avoid making a decision
avoid committing oneself
take too long
fiddle about
take one's own sweet time
go at a snail's pace
slack off
muck about
diddle around
lounge around
penelopize
fiddlefart
adopt Fabian tactics
sit tight
nonsense
hold on
divert
distract
shillyshally
be ambivalent
faff about
be in two minds
avoid the issue
beat around the bush
hold over
loaf
shlep along
fritter away
fritter time away
diddle-daddle
scrounge around
sit on one's butt
rest
hang
think twice
hold your horses
deliberate
abide
put on hold
bide your time
mooch
limp
inch
desist
trail
saunter
shuffle
drop
go slowly
remain
trail behind
refrain from
dwell
slow down
await
reside
take five
put something off
take no action
take a breather
take a break
squat
stop briefly
lodge
have a breather
call time
avoid doing something
perch
nest
bunk
roost
take ten
keep on
lie in wait
be patient
sweat it out
let up
hold your fire
keep from doing something
hold the fort
be left
stick around
stay behind
stroll
mosey
drift
fiddle
bat
droop
languish
moon
stooge
take time
refrain
surcease
nose
snail
evade
get cold feet
ooze
stand
stick
settle
avoid
draggle
see-saw
yo-yo
endure
remain behind
be there
put down roots
continue
outstay
be present
establish yourself
stay out
establish oneself
creak along
resist
limp along
creep along
hang heavy
wear on
advance slowly
tail
trudge
appear to pass slowly
go on too long
go on and on
become tedious
fall back
drop back
be behind
drag behind
bring up the rear
fall off
inch along
slow up
sojourn
fill time
keep your shirt on
break
countdown
bivouac
overstay
live
inhabit
cling
look forward
lie low
hold the phone
sit up for
stay tuned
hold one's breath
stand by
wait on
kick your heels
cool your heels
save it
sweat it
stay up for
hang onto your hat
pass the time
wait patiently
cool it
hold everything
wait in the wings
stay over
make camp
settle in
stay on
suspend
alternate
interrupt
reflect
sideline
shake
seesaw
pussyfoot
stumble
break off
doubt
balk
US
boggle
flounder
ponder
mammer
debate
weigh
baulk
UK
take a breath
pull up
stop what you're doing
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
be hesitant
be reluctant
be unwilling
pull back
think about
sit on fence
more ❯
Verb
▲
To remain in existence, or in the same state, indefinitely or for an extended period
last
continue
endure
persist
linger
remain
bide
extend
perpetuate
abide
exist
grind
perdure
hold
live
maintain
pass
proceed
progress
project
stay
sustain
take
tarry
be
recur
repeat
go on
keep going
carry on
run on
drag on
keep on
live on
stay on
stick around
be prolonged
grind away
hold fast
plough on
press on
stay around
hold on
have no end
survive
keep up
hold up
prevail
hold out
stretch
persevere
dwell
hang on
go
spread
run
reach
stand
lie
hang around
head
subsist
lead
reside
range
bear
lodge
stand up
hang round
encompass
cling on
be left
be present
ride out
draw out
stay put
stretch out
last out
be in existence
bear on
standby
cling
stay alive
stick
bear up
be protracted
continue to exist
outlast
wear
resist
die slowly
cling to life
be alive
stay round
creep
outlive
be extant
occur
trend
circulate
hang in the air
remain standing
refuse to give up
go round
prolong
be timeless
carry through
be durable
move past
hold true
remain unchanged
go around
wait
happen
stick to
wear well
wear on
be long lived
rest
never say die
hang
inhabit
hover
see out
live out
be found
hold good
remain true
stay staunch
outstretch
stay the same
be real
be the case
be existent
be met with
be latent
hang about
stay over
hang out
sit tight
wait around
prolongate
overlap
drag out
hold the fort
spin out
string out
extend the duration of
make it through
outride
span
cover
spread out
go as far as
more ❯
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(
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To increase or cause to increase in quantity
pile
increase
escalate
raise
accrue
accumulate
amplify
augment
boost
grow
increment
magnify
mount
proliferate
rise
up
advance
aggrandize
build
climb
elevate
enhance
expand
extend
further
heighten
intensify
multiply
redouble
reinforce
rocket
soar
spiral
swell
pump
wax
build up
pump up
ramp up
step up
add to
hike up
leap up
shoot up
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