All ham up antonyms

verb ham up

• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• abstain — If you abstain from something, usually something you want to do, you deliberately do not do it.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
• hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
• refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• direct — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
• give up — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• idle — not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
• ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• abandon — If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• play down — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• conceal — If you conceal something, you cover it or hide it carefully.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• hide — Informal. to administer a beating to; thrash.
• deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
• take — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
• listen — to give attention with the ear; attend closely for the purpose of hearing; give ear.
• work — Henry Clay, 1832–84, U.S. songwriter.
• watch — to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed.