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go back on(verb, expression, idiom, withdraw, leave)
2
go fifty-fifty(expression, cooperate, negotiate, bargain)
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hem and haw(verb, expression, idiom, avoid, escape)
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kiss goodbye(expression, stop, run, withdraw, leave)
2
leave(stop, withdraw, abandon, surrender, quit)
2
leave high and dry(expression, idiom, run, leave, abandon)
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leave in the lurch(expression, idiom, run, leave, abandon)
2
lie(noun, verb, cover, decline, line)
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make a deal(expression, idiom, cooperate, negotiate, bargain)
2
make concessions(expression, withdraw, yield, surrender, avoid)
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meet halfway(expression, cooperate, negotiate, bargain)
2
pass the buck(verb, expression, idiom, pass, avoid)
2
pass up(verb, expression, decline, avoid, deceive)
2
prevaricate(verb, decline, avoid, deceive, escape)
2
pull out(verb, expression, stop, withdraw, leave)
2
pussyfoot(verb, decline, avoid, deceive, escape)
2
quibble(verb, avoid, escape, lie, shuffle)
2
quit(verb, stop, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
recant(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
2
relinquish(stop, withdraw, leave, abandon, surrender)
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