40
retreat(verb, move, drop, act, close)
35
withdraw(verb, move, action, act, go)
25
retire(verb, move, drop, act, close)
23
draw back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, action)
20
fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, close)
20
subside(verb, stop, drop, dull, close)
16
ebb(verb, move, stop, drop, dull)
16
move back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, action)
15
pull back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, action)
14
abate(verb, stop, drop, close, end)
13
fall(verb, move, stop, action, drop)
13
shrink(verb, drop, close, go, cut)
13
back(verb, move, drop, act, close)
13
go(verb, move, action, act, part)
13
return(verb, move, drop, act, close)
12
contract(verb, go, cut, open, reduce)
12
dwindle(verb, stop, drop, dull, close)
12
wane(verb, stop, drop, dull, close)
11
decline(verb, stop, drop, dull, close)
11
diminish(verb, stop, drop, dull, close)
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