All lay over synonyms

verb lay over

• 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.
• 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.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• keep — to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.
• reschedule — to schedule for another or later time: to reschedule a baseball game because of rain.
• rule out — a principle or regulation governing conduct, action, procedure, arrangement, etc.: the rules of chess.
• halt — to falter, as in speech, reasoning, etc.; be hesitant; stumble.
• interrupt — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
• discontinue — to put an end to; stop; terminate: to discontinue nuclear testing.
• cease — If something ceases, it stops happening or existing.
• file — a powder made from the ground leaves of the sassafras tree, used as a thickener and to impart a pungent taste to soups, gumbos, and other dishes.
• reject — to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
• suspend — to hang by attachment to something above: to suspend a chandelier from the ceiling.
• prolong — to lengthen out in time; extend the duration of; cause to continue longer: to prolong one's stay abroad.
• waive — to refrain from claiming or insisting on; give up; forgo: to waive one's right; to waive one's rank; to waive honors.
• 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.
• hold up — 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.
• stall — a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
• shelve — to place (something) on a shelf or shelves.
• adjourn — If a meeting or trial is adjourned or if it adjourns, it is stopped for a short time.
• postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
• set aside — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
• defer — If you defer an event or action, you arrange for it to happen at a later date, rather than immediately or at the previously planned time.
• restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• withhold — to hold back; restrain or check.
• put off — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
• clog — When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
• temporize — to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
• tarry — to remain or stay, as in a place; sojourn: He tarried in Baltimore on his way to Washington.
• dilly-dally — to loiter or vacillate
• dawdle — If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• inhibit — to restrain, hinder, arrest, or check (an action, impulse, etc.).
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
• confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
• filibuster — U.S. Politics. the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority. an exceptionally long speech, as one lasting for a day or days, or a series of such speeches to accomplish this purpose. a member of a legislature who makes such a speech.
• lag — netlag
• discourage — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
• deter — To deter someone from doing something means to make them not want to do it or continue doing it.
• drag — drag and drop
• interfere — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
• slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
• linger — to remain or stay on in a place longer than is usual or expected, as if from reluctance to leave: We lingered awhile after the party.
• choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
• loiter — to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
• remand — to send back, remit, or consign again.