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shrink from(escape, dodge, hesitate, evade)
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shuffle off(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
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skip out on(idiom, escape, dodge, evade)
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skip town(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
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stay away(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
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stay out(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
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steer clear of(idiom, escape, dodge, evade)
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step aside(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
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take off(verb, stop, abandon, renounce)
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turn aside(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
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turn down(verb, stop, decline, reject)
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ward off(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
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wind up(verb, stop, hold, break)
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wrap up(verb, stop, hold, break)
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admit defeat(verb, stop, drop, abandon)
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back down(verb, stop, drop, abandon)
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back off(verb, stop, end, fail)
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bag it(verb, stop, end, abandon)
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bail out(verb, stop, drop, abandon)
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beg off(decline, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
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