4
forego
4
hold(verb, stop, keep, restrain, suppress)
4
hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, control)
4
keep from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
4
not touch(expression, idiom, abandon, avoid, renounce)
4
pass up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, decline)
4
quit(verb, stop, hold, decline, withdraw)
4
relinquish(verb, stop, decline, abandon, quit)
4
reserve(verb, keep, suppress, refuse, deny)
4
shirk(verb, avoid, escape, dodge, evade)
4
skip(verb, decline, avoid, escape, relinquish)
3
dispense with(verb, phrasal verb, disuse)
3
keep back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, keep, suppress)
3
neglect
3
pass(verb, hold, decline, withdraw, abandon)
3
recoil(verb, avoid, escape, dodge, evade)
3
sidestep(verb, avoid, escape, dodge, evade)
2
duck(verb, avoid, escape, dodge, evade)
2
let alone(verb, phrasal verb, inaction, disuse)
2
abandon(verb, stop, decline, avoid, quit)
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