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back-watering synonyms

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  • allay
  • chill out
  • coast
  • cool
  • cool it
  • decline
  • decrease
  • diminish
  • dull
  • dwindle
  • ebb
  • go with the flow
  • hang easy
  • hang loose
  • abate
  • back-water
  • bog down
  • brake
  • check
  • choke
  • curb
  • curtail
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • decelerate
  • decrease
  • detain
  • diminish
  • abate
  • anchor it
  • bog down
  • brake
  • check
  • choke
  • curb
  • curtail
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • decelerate
  • decrease
  • detain
  • diminish
  • decelerate
  • delay
  • detain
  • halt
  • hang up
  • impede
  • retard
  • set back
  • sink
  • slacken
  • slow down
  • slow up
  • stall
  • anchor
  • binders
  • cinchers
  • constraint
  • control
  • curb
  • damper
  • deterrent
  • discouragement
  • hamper
  • hindrance
  • hurdle
  • obstacle
  • rein
  • analysis
  • audit
  • checkup
  • control
  • inquiry
  • investigation
  • poll
  • rein
  • research
  • review
  • scrutiny
  • test
  • asphyxiate
  • bar
  • check
  • clog
  • close
  • congest
  • constrict
  • dam
  • die
  • drown
  • fill
  • gag
  • garrote
  • gasp
  • barrier
  • border
  • brake
  • bridle
  • chain
  • control
  • deterrent
  • edge
  • harness
  • hindrance
  • ledge
  • limitation
  • lip
  • rein
  • abbreviate
  • boil down
  • chop
  • clip
  • contract
  • cramp
  • cut
  • cut back
  • decrease
  • diminish
  • dock
  • downsize
  • get to meat
  • halt
  • abbreviate
  • abridge
  • check
  • clip
  • curb
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut down
  • decrease
  • lessen
  • lower
  • mark down
  • mark off
  • pare
  • dispatch
  • hew
  • kill
  • level
  • lop
  • massacre
  • mow
  • mow down
  • raze
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • brake
  • slow
  • abatement
  • compression
  • condensation
  • constriction
  • contraction
  • cutback
  • decline
  • declining
  • decrescence
  • depression
  • diminution
  • discount
  • downturn
  • dwindling
  • apprehend
  • bog down
  • bust
  • buttonhole
  • check
  • confine
  • constrain
  • decelerate
  • delay
  • hang up
  • hinder
  • hold up
  • ice
  • impede
  • abate
  • abbreviate
  • attenuate
  • become smaller
  • close
  • contract
  • curtail
  • cut
  • decline
  • decrease
  • depreciate
  • die out
  • drain
  • dwindle
  • abate
  • bate
  • break down
  • crumble
  • decay
  • decline
  • degenerate
  • deteriorate
  • dilapidate
  • diminish
  • disappear
  • droop
  • ebb
  • end
  • adjust
  • allay
  • appease
  • arrange
  • assuage
  • balm
  • becalm
  • check
  • collect
  • comfort
  • console
  • contain
  • control
  • cool
  • bog down
  • decelerate
  • defeat
  • detain
  • hang up
  • hold up
  • impede
  • mire
  • retard
  • reverse
  • slow
  • slow down
  • slow up
  • affliction
  • baggage
  • barrier
  • block
  • burden
  • detriment
  • disability
  • drawback
  • encumbrance
  • hangup
  • hindrance
  • impairment
  • impediment
  • injury
  • arrest
  • balk
  • bar
  • block
  • bottleneck
  • box in
  • burden
  • check
  • choke
  • clog
  • contravene
  • counteract
  • crab
  • cramp
  • abate
  • anchor it
  • back-water
  • bog down
  • brake
  • check
  • choke
  • curb
  • curtail
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • decelerate
  • decrease
  • detain
  • bit
  • bridle
  • check
  • control
  • curb
  • defer
  • delay
  • deny
  • forbear
  • hold down
  • hold in
  • hold off
  • inhibit
  • keep
  • delay
  • detain
  • hinder
  • hold off
  • impede
  • interfere
  • interrupt
  • pause
  • prorogue
  • retard
  • set back
  • slow down
  • stay
  • stop
  • bar
  • block
  • blow whistle on
  • brake
  • check
  • clog
  • close off
  • cramp one's style
  • curb
  • cut off
  • dam
  • delay
  • deter
  • discomfit
  • abate
  • anchor it
  • back-water
  • bog down
  • brake
  • check
  • choke
  • curb
  • curtail
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • decelerate
  • decrease
  • detain
  • be behind
  • dally
  • dawdle
  • decrease
  • dillydally
  • diminish
  • drag
  • drag one's feet
  • ebb
  • fail
  • fall off
  • falter
  • flag
  • get no place fast
  • abate
  • abridge
  • amputate
  • attenuate
  • become smaller
  • clip
  • close
  • contract
  • crop
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • de-escalate
  • decline
  • abate
  • anchor it
  • back-water
  • bog down
  • brake
  • check
  • choke
  • curb
  • curtail
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • decelerate
  • decrease
  • detain
  • amble
  • dabble
  • dally
  • dawdle
  • delay
  • diddle
  • drag
  • flag
  • fritter away
  • get no place fast
  • halt
  • hover
  • idle
  • lag
  • abate
  • ease
  • ease off
  • ebb
  • lax
  • let up
  • loose
  • loosen
  • lower
  • mitigate
  • moderate
  • modify
  • modulate
  • reduce
  • abate
  • anchor it
  • back-water
  • bog down
  • brake
  • check
  • choke
  • curb
  • curtail
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • decelerate
  • decrease
  • detain
  • bog
  • dirt
  • fen
  • glop
  • goo
  • gunk
  • marsh
  • moss
  • mud
  • ooze
  • quagmire
  • quicksand
  • slime
  • swamp
  • abstinent
  • balanced
  • bearable
  • careful
  • cautious
  • compromising
  • conservative
  • considerate
  • considered
  • controlled
  • cool
  • deliberate
  • disciplined
  • dispassionate
  • adjourn
  • cool it
  • defer
  • delay
  • give a rain check
  • hang fire
  • hold off
  • hold over
  • hold up
  • lay over
  • pigeonhole
  • prorogue
  • put back
  • put on back burner
  • adjourn
  • be dilatory
  • cool
  • dally
  • dawdle
  • defer
  • drag
  • drag one's feet
  • give the run around
  • goldbrick
  • hang fire
  • hesitate
  • hold off
  • lag
  • authorize
  • capacitate
  • certify
  • check out
  • come up to snuff
  • commission
  • condition
  • cut it
  • earn one's wings
  • empower
  • enable
  • endow
  • entitle
  • equip
  • buttoned up
  • clammed up
  • close
  • close-mouthed
  • could hear a pin drop
  • dumb
  • hushed
  • hushful
  • inaudible
  • low
  • low-pitched
  • muffled
  • mute
  • muted
  • abate
  • abridge
  • bankrupt
  • bant
  • break
  • cheapen
  • chop
  • clip
  • contract
  • curtail
  • cut
  • cut back
  • cut down
  • debase
  • bar
  • block
  • dam
  • decelerate
  • halt
  • hinder
  • impede
  • moderate
  • obstruct
  • slacken
  • slow
  • slow down
  • stop
  • atoll
  • bank
  • bar
  • beach
  • cay
  • coral reef
  • ridge
  • rock
  • rock barrier
  • sand bar
  • shoal
  • skerry
  • adapt
  • adjust
  • administer
  • allocate
  • arrange
  • balance
  • classify
  • conduct
  • control
  • coordinate
  • correct
  • determine
  • direct
  • dispose
  • arrest
  • baffle
  • bar
  • bit
  • bottleneck
  • bridle
  • checkmate
  • choke
  • circumvent
  • constrain
  • control
  • counteract
  • curb
  • cut short
  • breathe easy
  • calm
  • calm down
  • collect oneself
  • compose oneself
  • cool off
  • ease off
  • feel at home
  • hang loose
  • knock off
  • laze
  • let oneself go
  • lie down
  • loosen up
  • arrest
  • back off
  • baffle
  • balk
  • bog
  • bog down
  • brake
  • bring to screeching halt
  • check
  • choke
  • choke off
  • clog
  • close off
  • crimp
  • arrest
  • back off
  • baffle
  • balk
  • bog
  • bog down
  • brake
  • bring to screeching halt
  • check
  • choke
  • choke off
  • clog
  • close off
  • crimp
  • bog down
  • decelerate
  • defeat
  • detain
  • embog
  • hang up
  • hold up
  • impede
  • mire
  • retard
  • reverse
  • slow
  • slow down
  • slow up
  • abate
  • diminish
  • ease
  • flag
  • let up
  • loose
  • loosen
  • mitigate
  • moderate
  • reduce
  • relax
  • relent
  • remit
  • retard
  • arrest
  • avoid the issue
  • beat around the bush
  • brake
  • check
  • die
  • drag one's feet
  • equivocate
  • fence
  • filibuster
  • halt
  • hamper
  • hedge
  • hinder
  • achievement
  • act
  • antic
  • caper
  • exploit
  • feat
  • feature
  • performance
  • sketch
  • skit
  • tour de force
  • atmosphere
  • attitude
  • attribute
  • aura
  • character
  • climate
  • complexion
  • condition
  • constitution
  • disposition
  • drift
  • frame of mind
  • humor
  • individualism
  • button down
  • button up
  • call it a day
  • call off
  • cap
  • cease
  • clear
  • clinch
  • conclude
  • consummate
  • culminate
  • cut loose
  • determine
  • discontinue

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