123 entries under retreat topic. ×

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reverse(verb, go, reject, withdraw, leave)
6
back(verb, go, withdraw, leave, return)
6
concede(verb, withdraw, leave, yield, surrender)
6
disappear(verb, go, advance, remove, start)
6
recant(verb, stop, decline, reject, dismiss)
5
bow out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, drop)
5
part(verb, stop, go, end, cut)
4
exit(verb, stop, go, advance, remove)
4
back down(verb, expression, stop, break, drop)
4
remove(verb, stop, drop, go, advance)
4
secede(verb, stop, drop, go, advance)
3
avoid(verb, stop, go, disregard, pass)
3
back off(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
3
cave in(verb, expression, stop, break, go)
3
cut out(verb, expression, stop, drop, go)
3
escape(verb, go, advance, remove, start)
3
go away(verb, expression, go, advance, remove)
3
go back on(verb, expression, idiom, attack, reject)
3
vanish(verb, go, advance, remove, start)
2
back away(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
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