| apostatize(withdraw, renounce, repudiate, contradict, annul) |
| arrest(verb, check, delay, hinder, lessen) |
| avoid(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| back out of(expression, idiom, withdraw, deny, cancel) |
| back pedal(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| backwater |
| beat it(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave) |
| beg off(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| blench(verb, shy, hesitate, recoil, retract) |
| bog(verb, check, delay, hinder, lessen) |
| bog down(verb, expression, check, delay, hinder) |
| break off(verb, expression, stop, end, fail) |
| bring to an end(verb, expression, idiom, stop, end) |
| bring to screeching halt(verb, expression, idiom, check, delay) |
| call it a day(verb, expression, idiom, stop, end) |
| call it quits(verb, expression, idiom, stop, end) |
| call off(expression, withdraw, deny, cancel, reverse) |
| cancel(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| cease(verb, stop, end, finish, conclude) |
| choke(verb, check, delay, hinder, lessen) |