Delay and Pushed

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Delay verb - To move or act slowly.

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Pushed is an antonym for delay.

Nearby Words: delayed, delaying, delayer

Definitions of Delay not found.

Delay is an antonym for pushed in topics: thrust, incite.

Nearby Words: push, pushy, pushing, pusher

AJ Styles, Altar Boy Luke and Seth Delay of Wildside were pushed as such when someone made note of the pitch the majority of their cheers got.

Source: Wrestling / National Wrestling Alliance
Ted was originally scheduled for release on July 13, 2012, but got pushed ahead to June 29 to avoid competition with Ice Age: Continental Drift and following the delay of G.I.

Source: Release Date Change
Primarily the reason for the delay was due to Dustin Hoffman changing his mind about appearing in the film (originally he opted not to), so the release date was pushed back so scenes with Hoffman's character Bernie could be filmed.

Source: The Shelf of Movie Languishment

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