| double(verb, backpedal, regression, retrace) |
| fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, go) |
| recant(verb, take, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
| abandon(verb, go, withdraw, leave, return) |
| arrest |
| backtracking |
| backwater |
| cave in(verb, expression, go, decline, withdraw) |
| come back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, retreat, recoil) |
| draw back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw) |
| get back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, regression) |
| give ground(verb, expression, go, decline, withdraw) |
| pull back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, decline) |
| pull out(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave) |
| recoil(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| regress(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| retire(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| retrogress(verb, move, forward) |
| shrink(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| surrender(withdraw, abandon, yield, admit, retract) |