Delay and Push

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Delay

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

Push

Push verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.
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Synonyms for Push
Antonyms for Push
Delay is an antonym for push in topics: thrust, incite.
Nearby Words: pushed, pushy, pushover, pushing, pusher
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How words are described

low low delay low push
initial initial delay initial push
light light delay light push
small small delay small push
Other adjectives: actual, constant, massive, large, huge, little, slight, extra, additional, significant, eventual, sudden, biggest.

Common collocations

guy delay guy push guy
someone delay someone push someone
time delay time push time
bit delay bit push bit
Other words: game, start, player, enemy, friends, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • At the point you encounter them, you probably don't have any guns or good melee weapons, so you can't push them back or delay them.
    Source: Demonic Spiders / Terraria
  • Recap / Doctor Who S13 E3 "Pyramids of Mars" The Doctor realises there will be a delay before it has an effect on Earth, and makes it back in the TARDIS just in time to use the TARDIS' time controls to push the exit to Sutekh's time/space tunnel far into the future.
    Source: Recap / Doctor Who S13 E3 "Pyramids of Mars"
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