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say uncle(verb, expression, break, go, set)
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settle down(verb, expression, diminish, decrease, lessen)
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shipwreck(verb, drop, set, decline, drive)
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show mercy(verb, expression, yield, surrender, quit)
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show white flag(verb, expression, idiom, break, drop)
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slip(noun, verb, drop, decline, release)
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slope(noun, verb, drop, decline, drive)
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slouch(collapse, bend, plunge, hunch, stoop)
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stay in line(verb, expression, idiom, observe, quit)
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stoop(noun, verb, drop, decline, drive)
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straighten up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, observe, quit)
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surrender(verb, stop, break, give, accept)
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swag(verb, drop, swing, lean, dip)
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take the count(verb, expression, idiom, break, drop)
2
throw in the towel(verb, expression, idiom, stop, break)
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throw in towel(verb, expression, idiom, go, pass)
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toss it in(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, fall)
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totter(verb, drop, decline, settle, ease)
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tumble(noun, verb, drop, decline, release)
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wane(verb, drop, decline, settle, ease)
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