prevent completion | keep away from others |
stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity |
seize on its way | take back what one has said |
render unsuitable for passage | release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles |
come to a halt, stop moving | lose interest |
cause to end | pull back or move away or backward |
interrupt a trip | remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) |
stop from happening or developing | cause to be returned |
put an end to a state or an activity | break from a meeting or gathering |
have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | withdraw from active participation |
| retire gracefully |