11
retreat(verb, go, remove, withdraw, leave)
7
pull back(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw)
7
withdraw(verb, stop, go, remove, reject)
6
abandon(verb, stop, go, give, reject)
6
back down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, go)
6
recant(verb, take, withdraw, abandon, yield)
6
renege(verb, reject, withdraw, leave, abandon)
5
back away(verb, expression, move, go, withdraw)
5
chicken out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, withdraw)
5
disengage(verb, go, remove, withdraw, leave)
5
go back on(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, reject)
4
cop out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, withdraw)
4
crawfish(verb, withdraw, recoil, shrink)
4
crawfish out
4
drop out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, go)
4
fall back(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw)
4
leave(verb, stop, go, give, remove)
4
welsh(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
3
abjure(verb, go, remove, withdraw, leave)
3
beg off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, abandon)
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