stall (v)

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type v
lex_filenum 30
def deliberately delay an event or action
examples she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling
Frame - 2 Somebody ----s
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Outgoing links
Hypernym delay, detain, hold up
Derivationally related form stall → stall
Derivationally related form stall → stalling
Incoming links
Derivationally related form stalling → stall
Derivationally related form stall → stall
Hyponym delay, detain, hold up

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