stand in the way

THESAURUS

stand in the way

baffle, balk, bar, barricade, blast, block, block up, blockade, bolt, brave, challenge, checkmate, chock, choke, choke off, circumvent, close, close off, close tight, close up, confound, confront, constrict, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, crowd, dash, debar, defeat, defy, destroy, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dish, disrupt, dog, elude, flummox, foil, frustrate, jam, knock the chocks, lock, nonplus, obstruct, occlude, pack, perplex, ruin, sabotage, scotch, shut off, shut out, shut tight, spike, spoil, squeeze, squeeze shut, stifle, stonewall, stop up, strangle, strangulate, stump, suffocate, thwart, upset