2
shrink from(expression, escape, dodge, evade, shun)
2
shuffle off(expression, escape, dodge, evade, shun)
2
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2
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2
skirt(verb, reject, escape, contain, trap)
2
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2
starve(verb, hold, withdraw, withhold, refrain)
2
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2
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2
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2
step aside(expression, escape, dodge, evade, shun)
2
swear off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline, abandon)
2
trim
2
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2
turn down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, reject)
2
ward off(expression, escape, dodge, evade, shun)
2
weave(verb, reject, escape, dodge, evade)
2
withdraw(verb, reject, escape, dodge, withhold)
1
go without(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, decline)
1
sit it out(expression, idiom)
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