107 entries under discontinue topic. ×

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suspend(verb, stop, drop, close, end)
7
conclude(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
7
resign(verb, stop, drop, give, decline)
6
avoid(verb, stop, reject, dismiss, restrain)
6
cut out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
6
give over(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, drop)
6
yield(verb, stop, drop, give, decline)
5
break(verb, hold, drop, close, end)
5
close(verb, stop, hold, break, drop)
5
hold(verb, stop, break, drop, close)
5
intermit(verb, stop, close, end, reduce)
4
have done with(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, stop)
4
pack in(verb, expression, stop, drop, end)
3
culminate(verb, stop, end, fail, halt)
2
abort(verb, stop, end, discharge, complete)
2
adjourn(verb, stop, close, end, discharge)
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
cancel(verb, stop, end, reduce, release)
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