Synonyms and related words :
adjourn, continue, dawdle, defer, delay, drag on, drag out, draw, draw out, dwell on, elongate, endure, extend, hang fire, hang up, hold, hold off, hold over, hold up, keep, keep alive, keep going, keep up, last, lay aside, lay by, lay over, lengthen, lengthen out, let out, linger on, maintain, perpetuate, persist, pigeonhole, postpone, preserve, procrastinate, produce, prolongate, prorogate, prorogue, protract, pull, push aside, put aside, put off, put on ice, recess, reserve, retain, set aside, set by, shelve, shift off, sleep on, spin out, stand over, stave off, stay, strain, stretch, stretch out, string out, suspend, sustain, table, take a recess, tauten, temporize, tense, tighten, waive