3
resign(verb, stop, reject, withdraw, leave)
3
revere(verb, respect)
3
serve(verb, help, provide, sustain, assist)
3
stave off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, keep)
3
stretch out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cool, draw)
3
submit to(verb, expression, take, accept, see)
3
undergo(verb, experience, feel, suffer)
3
venerate(verb, respect)
3
wait(verb, phrasal verb, cool, do, delay)
2
accord(verb, accept, agree, observe, quit)
2
abase(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
2
abide by(expression, observe, quit, submit, satisfy)
2
adhere to(expression, observe, quit, submit, satisfy)
2
admire(verb, respect)
2
allow(accept, reject, agree, ignore, surrender)
2
arrest(verb, stop, hold, break, check)
2
be at beck and call(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
2
be obsequious(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
2
be servile(verb, go, lower, yield, submit)
2
bear(verb, take, accept, delay, experience)
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