hang fire (?.)
- adjourn
- be a sideliner
- be dilatory
- be still
- be unproductive
- bring up
- bring up short
- cease fire
- coast
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- come up short
- continue
- defer
- delay
- do nothing
- drag out
- draw up
- drift
- extend
- fetch up
- filibuster
- fizzle out
- fust
- gain time
- halt
- hang
- hang back
- hang up
- hesitate
- hibernate
- hold off
- hold over
- hold up
- idle
- lay aside
- lay by
- lay over
- lie dormant
- lie fallow
- make time
- not budge
- not stir
- peter out
- pigeonhole
- play for time
- postpone
- procrastinate
- prolong
- prorogate
- prorogue
- protract
- pull up
- push aside
- put aside
- put off
- put on ice
- recess
- reserve
- rest
- set aside
- set by
- shelve
- shift off
- sit back
- sit it out
- sleep
- sleep on
- slumber
- smolder
- stagnate
- stall
- stall for time
- stall off
- stand over
- stave off
- stay
- stick
- stooge around
- stop
- stop dead
- stop short
- stretch out
- suspend
- table
- take a recess
- talk against time
- temporize
- vegetate
- wait and see
- waive
- watch and wait
