| withdraw(verb, hold, keep, hinder, come) | |
| retreat(noun, verb, meet, departure, retrogression) | |
| stop(noun, verb, hold, go, end) | |
| recede(verb, hold, meet, diminish, hinder) | |
| retrogress(verb, hold, hinder) | |
| recession(noun, action, rise, retreat, reduction) | |
| regress(noun, verb) | |
| decline(noun, verb, extend) | |
| back(verb, adverb, hurt, oppose, put) | |
| halt(noun, verb, hold, go, open) | |
| dead in the water | |
| hesitate(verb, hold, continue, hinder, persist) | |
| demote | |
| decrease(noun, verb, hold, hinder) | |
| behind(adjective, preposition, last, advanced, senior) | |
| fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb) | |
| after(adjective, preposition, last) | |
| delay(noun, verb, support, go, open) | |
| descent | |
| throwback |
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