127 entries under cease topic. ×

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culminate(verb, stop, end, fail, halt)
3
forswear(verb, stop, drop, abandon, yield)
3
rest(verb, stop, close, end, complete)
2
adjourn(verb, stop, close, end, discharge)
2
balk(verb, stop, close, end, reject)
2
bring to an end(verb, expression, idiom, stop, hold)
2
call it a day(verb, expression, idiom, stop, hold)
2
call it quits(verb, expression, idiom, stop, drop)
2
come to an end(verb, expression, idiom, stop, close)
2
cool it(expression, stop, hold, break, drop)
2
curb(verb, stop, close, end, complete)
2
cut short(expression, stop, hold, break, drop)
2
draw up(expression, stop, hold, break, drop)
2
eschew(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain)
2
hold back(verb, expression, stop, close, end)
2
leave alone(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, end)
2
not do(verb, expression, idiom, stop, restrain)
2
pass up(verb, expression, decline, reject, dismiss)
2
pull up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
2
refrain from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, end)
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