3
yield(verb, stop, drop, give, withdraw)
2
abdicate(verb, stop, break, withdraw, leave)
2
capitulate(verb, stop, drop, withdraw, leave)
2
give in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, give)
2
give up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, break)
1
abandon(verb, stop, break, drop, withdraw)
1
acquiesce(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
1
back down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, break)
1
back off(expression, withdraw, yield, backpedal)
1
bail out(verb, expression, stop, drop, abandon)
1
bend(verb, stop, give, withdraw, leave)
1
bow(verb, stop, withdraw, leave, surrender)
1
bow out(verb, expression, stop, drop, withdraw)
1
break(verb, stop, give, withdraw, leave)
1
buckle under(verb, expression, stop, drop, leave)
1
buy(verb, stop, break, withdraw, leave)
1
call it quits(verb, expression, idiom, stop, break)
1
cave in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, break)
1
cease(verb, stop, drop, abandon, yield)
1
cede(verb, stop, drop, withdraw, leave)
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