| turn tail(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave) |
| unsay(withdraw, renounce, repudiate, contradict, annul) |
| walk out on(expression, idiom, stop, reject, withdraw) |
| weasel out(verb, expression, withdraw, yield, surrender) |
| yield(verb, stop, give, withdraw, leave) |
| abdicate(verb, stop, withdraw, leave, surrender) |
| abnegate(withdraw, renounce, repudiate, contradict, annul) |
| abrogate(withdraw, cancel, lift, reverse, renounce) |
| abscond(verb, reject, withdraw, abandon, desert) |
| absent oneself(verb, expression, go, remove, leave) |
| accede(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| acquiesce(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| admit(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| apostatize(verb, reject, withdraw, abandon, renounce) |
| back(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| back pedal(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| back up(expression, retreat, recoil, recede) |
| backwater |
| balk(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) |
| beat a retreat(expression, idiom) |