abandon abjure adjourn brush aside brush off chuck chuck out contemn continue contradict decline defer delay deny despise disapprove discard disclaim discount disdain dismiss disown disregard drag out drop the subject except exclude extend forget forget about it forget it forswear hang fire hang up hold off hold over hold up ignore lay aside lay away lay by lay over let it go let slip pass by pass up pigeonhole postpone prolong prorogate prorogue protract put aside put away put in mothballs put off put on ice rebuff recant recess refuse refuse to consider reject renounce repel repudiate repulse reserve scout set aside set by shelve shift off shove away shrug off sideline sleep on sneeze at spurn stand over stave off stay store stow stretch out suspend table table the motion take a recess think nothing of throw away throw out thrust aside turn away turn away from turn out waive