3
refrain(verb, stop, end, fail, halt)
3
stay(verb, stop, end, fail, halt)
3
surmount
3
top out(expression, top, climax, crest)
2
abandon(verb, cease, ceases)
2
break(verb, cease, ceases)
2
break off(verb, expression, stop, drop, close)
2
break up(verb, expression, stop, drop, make)
2
button up(verb, expression, stop, end, complete)
2
call it a day(verb, expression, idiom, stop, close)
2
call off(verb, expression, stop, drop, close)
2
clinch(verb, stop, make, close, end)
2
close out(verb, expression, stop, close, end)
2
come to a head(verb, expression, idiom, end, top)
2
complement
2
determine(verb, stop, drop, make, close)
2
develop(end, advance, perfect, grow, mature)
2
do(verb, stop, make, close, end)
2
finish off(verb, expression, stop, drop, make)
2
finish up
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