🧱stonewall (stônwôl)

verb
/ˈstoʊnwɔːl/
entraver (entraver)

Signification

To delay or block progress by refusing to cooperate or answer
Traduction de la signification
retarder ou bloquer le progrès en refusant de coopérer
retarder ou bloquer le progrès en refusant de coopérer

Phrases d'exemple

The witness tried to stonewall during the investigation.

Le témoin a essayé de faire du stonewall lors de l'enquête.
Le témoin a essayé de faire du stonewall lors de l'enquête.

Expressions d'exemple

stonewall tactics
tactiques d'entrave
tactiques d'entrave

Synonymes

obstruct, block, delay, hinder, resist

Antonymes

cooperate, assist, support

Collocations

stonewall tactics, stonewall investigation, stonewall questions

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