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back away(verb, move, recoil, shrink)
3
back down(verb, phrasal verb, stop, withdraw)
3
double back(verb, phrasal verb, upset, shift)
2
back off(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield)
2
back out(stop, withdraw, yield, lift)
2
cop out(verb, phrasal verb, withdraw, abandon)
2
hold back(withdraw, yield)
2
set aside(verb, change, withdraw, alter)
1
accept defeat(idiom, withdraw, yield)
1
admit defeat(idiom, stop, withdraw, yield)
1
back out of(verb, idiom, decline, withdraw)
1
call off(verb, withdraw, cancel, lift)
1
clip the wings
1
concede defeat(idiom, withdraw, yield)
1
crawl out of(verb, idiom, withdraw, cancel)
1
declare null and void(verb, idiom, change, remove)
1
go back(verb, upset, back, shift)
1
go into reverse
1
have second thoughts
1
hold in check
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