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go(verb, stop, break, advance, remove)
7
refrain(verb, give, decline, delay, allow)
7
stay(verb, drop, delay, ignore, surrender)
7
turn over(verb, expression, drop, leave, delay)
6
abstain from(verb, expression, stop, drop, decline)
6
concede(verb, withdraw, leave, yield, surrender)
5
break(verb, stop, end, cut, separate)
5
dispense with(verb, expression, remove, reject, dismiss)
5
fail(verb, end, disregard, dismiss, ignore)
5
neglect(verb, give, remove, disregard, dismiss)
5
set aside(verb, expression, stop, drop, give)
4
back down(verb, expression, stop, break, drop)
4
grant(verb, remove, delay, allow, yield)
4
put aside(expression, drop, ignore, surrender, relinquish)
4
remove(verb, stop, drop, go, advance)
4
scrub(verb, stop, drop, end, halt)
4
suspend(verb, stop, drop, end, withdraw)
4
turn down(verb, expression, drop, clear, reject)
3
allow(verb, give, remove, delay, yield)
3
avoid(verb, stop, go, disregard, pass)
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