10
back down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
8
back up(verb, expression, retreat, recoil, recede)
7
withdraw(verb, go, leave, abandon, return)
6
retreat(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
5
give up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, abandon)
5
surrender(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, admit)
4
chicken out(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield)
4
back away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
4
backtrack(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
4
bow out(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield)
4
give
4
pull out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
3
back(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
3
back out(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
3
fall back(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
3
pull back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
3
quit(verb, stop, go, end, withdraw)
3
take back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, abandon)
2
abandon(verb, go, withdraw, leave, return)
2
recant(verb, take, withdraw, abandon, yield)
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