stall off

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stall someone or something off

to put off or delay someone or something. The sheriff is at the door. I'll stall him off while you get out the back door. You can stall off the sheriff, but you can't stall off justice.

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Although I'm having trouble working out where the early pace is going to come from, he's fared well with the draw - just one stall off what is a very favourable stands' rail at this course - and jockey George Baker will be able to slot him in behind. BANKERS OR BLOWOUTS? by The Racing Post (London, England) We discovered late Wednesday, after Bessie was up, May was gone and the truck was back, that Lulu had knocked the business line extension in the first stall off the hook. Life on the farm, part 4,083 and continuing... by Johnson, Kathie / Countryside & Small Stock Journal It was a game effort as Dunlop had kept Orchestra Stall off since early May in the quest for softer ground. Longchamp: Orchestra provides an encore by Stoneham, Desmond / The Racing Post (London, England)			staff stag stage stagger stagger around stagger from stagger in stagger out stagger under stain with stake stake a claim stake a claim to stake a/ claim stake off stake out stake out a claim to stake reputation on stake to stalk stalk in stalk out of stall stall for stall for time stall off stammer out stamp stamp a fire out stamp as stamp on stamp onto stamp out stamp out of stamp with stampede stampede in stampede into stampede out of stamping ground stand stand a chance stand a chance of stand and deliver stand apart stand around stand aside stand at stand back stand back of stand between			Stalky & Co. Stalky & Co. stall stall stall stall stall Stall (disambiguation) Stall (disambiguation) Stall (disambiguation) Stall (disambiguation) Stall Avoidance And Recovery stall bar stall bed stall bed stall bed stall bed stall fed stall fed stall fed stall fed stall flutter stall for stall for time stall for time stall kicking stall kicking stall kicking stall kicking Stall Management Yaw Damper stall off Stall Protection Computer Stall Protection System Stall reader Stall Spin Crash Burn Die stall torque Stall Torque Ratio Stall Warning Computer stall warning indicator Stall, Spin, Crash, Die stall-cramp stall-fed stall-feed stall-feeding stall-feeds stall-related injury stall-related injury stall-related injury stall-related injury Stallage Stallation stallboard stallboard light stallboard riser stalled stalled stalled stalled stalled Staller stallholder

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