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79 entries under expression topic. ×
| climb down(stop, withdraw, yield, surrender) | |
| come to terms(idiom, stop, withdraw, surrender) | |
| draw back(recoil, shrink) | |
| drive back(withdraw, back) | |
| eat crow(withdraw, renounce, retract) | |
| eat humble pie(idiom, withdraw, yield, renounce) | |
| eat your words(idiom, withdraw, renounce, retract) | |
| fold up(stop, withdraw, surrender) | |
| forget it(withdraw, renounce, retract) | |
| get out(withdraw, avoid, evade) | |
| give ground(withdraw, yield) | |
| give in(stop, withdraw, yield, surrender) | |
| give oneself over(idiom, stop, withdraw, surrender) | |
| give the slip(idiom, withdraw, abandon, avoid) | |
| give up(stop, withdraw, yield, surrender) | |
| give way(stop, withdraw, surrender) | |
| go back on(idiom, withdraw, yield, renounce) | |
| go back on your word(verb, idiom, retreat, backtrack) | |
| hand over(stop, withdraw, surrender) | |
| have alibi(withdraw, abandon, avoid, quit) |
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