2
prevent(verb, stop, hold, break, bother)
2
put back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, delay, extend)
2
put out(expression, yield, observe, surrender, quit)
2
quit(verb, break, drop, fail, agree)
2
relent(verb, stop, withdraw, agree, leave)
2
remand(verb, hold, keep, block, stay)
2
reschedule(verb, delay, extend, suspend, postpone)
2
roll over and play dead(expression, idiom, observe, quit, submit)
2
scrape(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
2
shift off(verb, phrasal verb, lateness)
2
sidestep
2
slaver(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
2
stay in line(expression, idiom, observe, quit, submit)
2
stop(verb, break, reduce, release, bother)
2
straighten up(expression, observe, quit, submit, satisfy)
2
take(verb, accept, bear, receive, stand)
2
throw in the towel(verb, expression, idiom, stop, break)
2
throw in towel(expression, idiom, go, observe, quit)
2
toss it in(expression, idiom, observe, quit, submit)
2
vacillate(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple)
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