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| concede defeat(verb, stop, withdraw, leave) | |
| double back(retreat, recoil, recede) | |
| eat your words(verb, idiom, withdraw, retreat) | |
| get out(withdraw, avoid, evade) | |
| give in to(verb, idiom, take, respect) | |
| give the slip(idiom, withdraw, abandon, avoid) | |
| go again(retreat, recoil, recede) | |
| go backward(retreat, shrink) | |
| go with the flow(verb, idiom, surrender, defer) | |
| hark back to(idiom, retreat, recoil, recede) | |
| have alibi(withdraw, abandon, avoid, quit) | |
| kiss goodbye(cast, kick) | |
| lay down your arms(idiom, stop, withdraw, surrender) | |
| let go by(verb, idiom, withdraw, abandon) | |
| let pass(verb, withdraw, abandon, surrender) | |
| live with(verb, take, respect, submit) | |
| lose your nerve(idiom, withdraw, yield, renege) | |
| move away(verb, go, withdraw, leave) | |
| pack it in(idiom, stop, leave, surrender) | |
| play the game(verb, idiom, take, respect) |
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