9
skip(verb, break, get, run, start)
9
bypass(verb, keep, reject, disregard, dismiss)
9
forgo(verb, stop, reject, dismiss, restrain)
9
decline(verb, stop, reject, restrain, withdraw)
9
exclude(verb, reject, disregard, refuse, expel)
9
forbear(verb, stop, reject, dismiss, restrain)
9
keep off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, reject)
9
reject(verb, disregard, dismiss, fail, abandon)
9
stave off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, remove)
8
deflect(verb, stop, reject, halt, block)
8
escape from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, lose, behaviour)
8
fence(verb, move, cut, decline, block)
8
head off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, restrain)
8
skirt(verb, move, cut, ignore, stay)
8
stop(verb, restrain, withdraw, halt, prevent)
7
abstain from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, restrain)
7
annul
7
give up(verb, expression, stop, pass, withdraw)
7
invalidate
7
nullify(verb, pass, omit, exceed, overreach)
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