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dummy up(verb, expression, keep, suppress, refuse)
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entrammel(verb, control, restrain, suppress, limit)
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escaped
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eschewer
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fence-sit(verb, hold, withdraw, withhold, refrain)
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fetter(verb, control, restrain, suppress, limit)
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forsake(verb, decline, abandon, quit, resist)
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forswear(reject, abandon, avoid, renounce, shun)
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gainsay(verb, reject, dismiss, refuse, deny)
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give in(verb, expression, decline, abandon, quit)
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give the go by(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, hold)
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go hungry(verb, expression, refrain, famish)
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go on the wagon(verb, expression, idiom, hold, decline)
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halt(verb, stop, restrain, resist, renounce)
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hamper(verb, control, restrain, suppress, limit)
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have done with(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, stop)
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have no truck with(expression, abandon, avoid, renounce, shun)
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hinder(verb, stop, control, restrain, suppress)
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hobble(verb, control, restrain, suppress, limit)
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hog-tie(control, restrain, limit, restrict, repress)
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