2
unsay(withdraw, deny, cancel, reverse, renounce)
2
vacate(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
wiggle out(expression, withdraw, yield, surrender, avoid)
2
worm out(expression, withdraw, yield, surrender, avoid)
1
abnegate(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
1
about(adverb, approach, precede)
1
admit defeat(verb, expression, stop, break, drop)
1
annul(withdraw, renounce, repudiate)
1
apostatize(withdraw, renounce, repudiate, contradict, annul)
1
around(adverb, approach, precede)
1
back away(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
1
back out of(expression, idiom, withdraw, deny, cancel)
1
backward(adverb, approach, precede)
1
backwards(adverb, approach, precede)
1
backwater
1
bail out(verb, expression, stop, drop, abandon)
1
be casualty(verb, drop, take, respect, yield)
1
be destroyed(verb, drop, take, respect, yield)
1
be killed(verb, drop, take, respect, yield)
1
be lost(verb, drop, take, respect, yield)
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