3
submit(verb, stop, break, drop, take)
3
weasel out(expression, withdraw, yield, surrender, avoid)
3
welsh(withdraw, yield, surrender, avoid, deny)
2
abdicate(verb, stop, break, withdraw, leave)
2
accede(verb, withdraw, abandon, back, yield)
2
admit(verb, withdraw, back, yield, backpedal)
2
avoid(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
back(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
back pedal(verb, expression, withdraw, back, yield)
2
backpedal(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, yield)
2
balance
2
bend(verb, stop, drop, take, withdraw)
2
blow it off(expression, idiom, withdraw, yield, surrender)
2
capitulate(verb, stop, drop, take, withdraw)
2
climb down(verb, expression, stop, withdraw, yield)
2
concede(verb, stop, drop, withdraw, abandon)
2
cry off(expression, withdraw, cancel, renege)
2
deny(withdraw, cancel, reverse, renounce, repudiate)
2
disengage(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
disown(withdraw, deny, cancel, reverse, renounce)
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