All hand-carry antonyms

verb hand-carry

• refrain — to abstain from an impulse to say or do something (often followed by from): I refrained from telling him what I thought.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• refuse — to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
• shun — to keep away from (a place, person, object, etc.), from motives of dislike, caution, etc.; take pains to avoid.
• capture — If you capture someone or something, you catch them, especially in a war.
• limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
• confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
• detain — When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
• imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
• hold — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• retain — to keep possession of.
• 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.
• maintain — to keep in existence or continuance; preserve; retain: to maintain good relations with neighboring countries.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• impede — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• retard — to make slow; delay the development or progress of (an action, process, etc.); hinder or impede.
• slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
• hold back — to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
• prohibit — to forbid (an action, activity, etc.) by authority or law: Smoking is prohibited here.
• receive — to take into one's possession (something offered or delivered): to receive many gifts.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
• block — A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• hurt — to cause bodily injury to; injure: He was badly hurt in the accident.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• injure — to do or cause harm of any kind to; damage; hurt; impair: to injure one's hand.
• obstruct — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
• worsen — Make or become worse.