crash,
shed,
sag,
slack off,
slacken,
pop,
lower,
dive,
slip,
spiral,
crumple,
subside,
collapse,
sink,
plummet,
deteriorate,
crumble,
tumble,
fall,
fail,
tank,
bottom out,
decline,
depreciate,
plunge,
flag,
drop (off),
submerge,
ease off,
let fall,
yield (to stronger forces),
lack (vitality),
give way,
cave (in),
free-fall,
careen,
nose-dive,
decrease,
dwindle,
cut down,
take a cut spread out,
curb,
lengthen,
reduce,
curtail,
decrease,
abbreviate,
shorten,
drop off,
abate,
minimize,
cut back on,
taper (off),
lessen,
space (out) slash,
trim,
cut,
degrade,
lower,
crop,
curb,
shrink,
reduce,
water down,
restrict,
thwart,
suck out,
downgrade,
decline,
cut down/back,
scale back/down,
ameliorate,
abbreviate,
shorten,
minimize,
blunt,
dwarf,
prune,
pare (down),
impoverish,
simplify,
condense,
diminish,
detract from chip away,
slash,
shave off,
trim,
flatten,
contract,
abrade,
shed,
whittle,
chisel,
lower,
shrink,
thin,
reduce,
narrow,
divide,
deduct,
consume,
apportion,
skimp,
scale back/down,
economize,
hemorrhage (money/staff),
shorten,
minimize,
lessen,
dwarf,
prune,
pare (down),
diminish,
cut (back/down),
cut costs,
slim down (the budget),
abridge,
stunt,
truncate,
take away,
compact,
restrict (growth),
ratchet down,
subtract,
subdivide,
miniaturize,
foreshorten,
rightsize turn over,
hang,
hold,
float,
glide,
turn into,
drift,
pass,
elapse,
lapse,
coast,
fall away,
slip by/past,
slip away shave off,
fly,
race,
run,
advance,
vanish,
disappear,
cut short,
hurry,
rush,
shorten,
foreshorten,
move forward,
hasten,
tick by/past,
whip by,
speed by,
march on/forward,
roll past/by,
steal by/past,
slide by/past,
flash by,
get away from weaken,
lapse,
expire,
erode,
wind down,
backslide,
become void,
wear out,
revert to,
run out of time,
retrogress,
fall into decline,
come to an end stretch,
wait,
lengthen,
drag something out,
suspend,
waylay,
delay,
defer,
postpone,
procrastinate,
extend,
drag one's feet,
put off,
prolong,
shelve,
reschedule,
rearrange,
push back,
hold off,
stand around,
sit around idle,
wait,
suspend,
stall,
hold on,
dally,
dawdle,
bide one's time,
linger,
loiter,
languish,
chill,
stay,
remain,
stick around,
await,
stay put,
stay behind,
tarry,
kill time,
hang around/out,
twiddle one's thumbs,
mark time,
sit tight,
watch the clock,
pass (the day) screech,
crawl,
plod along,
flag,
coast,
slow down,
lag behind,
creep,
brake,
downshift,
inch (forward/along),
slam the brakes,
hit the brakes,
back out of/down,
draw back/away bump,
jerk,
drag,
schlep,
trundle,
slide,
bend,
sag,
falter,
slog through,
trudge,
totter,
grunt,
crawl,
lurch,
pant,
plod along,
slip,
worm one's way,
stumble,
weave,
drift,
waver,
weaken,
stagger,
weigh down,
tumble,
reel,
fall,
pause,
lean on,
manage to,
exhaust,
tire,
weary,
shuffle,
push through,
trip,
buckle (at the knees),
lag behind,
fall behind,
straggle,
trek,
tramp,
limp,
hobble,
slosh through,
stoop (under a load),
strain under,
inch along,
trail behind,
shamble,
favor (one leg) cramp,
strangle,
contract,
wind,
stiffen,
soak,
beat down,
engulf,
encumber,
exhaust,
blister,
dehydrate,
spasm,
slow one down,
wear one down,
clog one's lungs