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back off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
8
recant(verb, take, withdraw, abandon, back)
8
withdraw(verb, stop, go, leave, abandon)
7
retreat(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
7
take back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, abandon)
6
back out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, go)
5
abandon(verb, stop, break, drop, go)
5
backtrack(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
5
disclaim(withdraw, deny, cancel, renounce)
5
retract(verb, withdraw, deny, cancel, retreat)
4
abjure(withdraw, deny, cancel, renounce)
4
cave in(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, break)
4
disavow(withdraw, deny, cancel, renounce)
4
recall(withdraw, deny, cancel, renounce)
3
cancel(verb, withdraw, back, yield, surrender)
3
forswear(verb, stop, drop, withdraw, abandon)
3
give ground(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
3
pull back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
3
recoil(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
3
renounce(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
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