59 entries under refrain topic. ×

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spurn(verb, hold, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
6
stop(verb, hold, decline, keep, restrain)
5
diet(verb, starve, famish)
5
do without(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, hold)
4
deny oneself(verb, expression, idiom, hold, withdraw)
4
hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, control)
4
keep from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
4
pass up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, decline)
4
quit(verb, stop, hold, decline, withdraw)
3
pass(verb, hold, decline, withdraw, abandon)
2
bridle(verb, stop, control, keep, restrain)
2
inhibit(verb, stop, control, keep, restrain)
2
pause(verb, stop, decline, keep, restrain)
2
restrain(verb, stop, control, decline, keep)
2
starve(verb, hold, withdraw, withhold)
2
withdraw(verb, reject, escape, dodge, withhold)
1
go without(verb, expression, adjective, phrasal verb, decline)
1
fence-sit(verb, hold, withdraw, withhold)
1
give the go by(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, hold)
1
go hungry(verb, expression, famish)
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