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retreat(verb, move, go, withdraw, leave)
6
pull back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, go)
6
withdraw(verb, move, go, leave, abandon)
5
back out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, go)
5
crawfish(verb, move, recoil, shrink)
3
back off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
3
back up(expression, retreat, recoil, recede)
3
backpedal(verb, move, recoil, shrink)
3
recoil(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
abandon(verb, go, withdraw, leave, return)
2
avoid(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
back(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
crawfish out
2
draw back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
2
flinch(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, recoil)
2
give up(expression, retreat, shrink)
2
pull
2
reverse(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
shy away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, return)
1
back down(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
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