عوق

5 تعوّق ذ He became hindered, prevented, impeded, withheld, turned back or away, retarded, or diverted by being occupied otherwise; [عَنْ أَمْرٍ from an affair; ] syn. تَثَبَّطَ. (S, O, K.) -A2- تعوّقهُ: see 1, first sentence.