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call back(withdraw, renounce, repudiate, annul)
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circle back(retreat, recoil, recede)
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climb down(verb, phrasal verb, withdraw, yield)
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close down(verb, stop, end, finish)
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come again(retreat, recoil, recede)
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come back(retreat, recoil, recede)
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come to a close(verb, idiom, stop, end)
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concede defeat(withdraw, yield, backpedal)
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die away(verb, stop, end, finish)
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die down(verb, stop, end, finish)
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double back(retreat, recoil, recede)
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eat humble pie(verb, idiom, withdraw, yield)
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get out(withdraw, avoid, evade)
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give the slip(idiom, withdraw, abandon, avoid)
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go again(retreat, recoil, recede)
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go backward(verb, retreat, shrink)
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hang back(verb, recoil, cringe, flinch)
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hang up(verb, check, delay, hinder)
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hark back to(idiom, retreat, recoil, recede)
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have alibi(withdraw, abandon, avoid, quit)
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