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