Delay and Open

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Delay

Delay verb - To move or act slowly.
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Open is an antonym for delay in cause stop in action topic.
Nearby Words: delayed, delaying, delayer

Open

Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
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Delay is an antonym for open.
Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener
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Common collocations

fight delay fight open fight
enemies delay enemies open enemies

Both words in one sentence

  • Love Makes You Evil Whether he is sincere, taking a desperate gambit to delay her until time runs out, or trying to tempt her to The Dark Side is an open debate.
    Source: Love Makes You Evil
  • Missing Backblast They guessed at once that something was about to happen and were just preparing for action when the taxi's back window open and, after a short delay, the vehicle filled with flames and exploded.
    Source: Missing Backblast
  • Actually, the film prints had already been printed and ready to ship out before the delay (the date change happened just one week before it was set to open).
    Source: Trailer Joke Decay
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