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- Abbreviations|0
179 entries under verb topic. ×
| back away(expression, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| back off(expression, retreat, shy, hesitate) | |
| backfire(withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| balk(start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| beg(court, kowtow, creep, plead) | |
| beseech(court, beg, kowtow, creep) | |
| blanch(start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| blush | |
| boot-lick | |
| bounce | |
| carom(withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| crouch down(expression, phrasal verb, bend, squat) | |
| demean oneself(expression, court, beg, kowtow) | |
| demur(withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| eat crow(expression, court, beg, kowtow) | |
| falter(withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| give in(expression, phrasal verb, surrender, bow) | |
| hesitate(withdraw, retreat, dodge, recoil) | |
| humble oneself(expression, court, beg, kowtow) | |
| humor(court, beg, kowtow, creep) |
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