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| relax one's efforts(expression, inaction) | |
| remit one's efforts(expression, inaction) | |
| run out on(verb, expression, stop, abandon) | |
| show someone the door(verb, expression, reject, dismiss) | |
| shut up shop(expression, relinquishment) | |
| sit on the fence(verb, expression, withdraw, withhold) | |
| stand aloof(expression, inaction) | |
| stand up to(expression, stop, restrain, prevent) | |
| stay one's hand(expression, relinquishment) | |
| stop doing something | |
| take a rain check(verb, expression, reject, refuse) | |
| take a walk(verb, expression, stop, abandon) | |
| take it easy(expression, leave, finish, eliminate) | |
| take the pledge(verb, expression, restrain, withdraw) | |
| take time out(expression, leave, finish, eliminate) | |
| turn back on(expression, withdraw, protest, withhold) | |
| wash hands of(expression, collapse, submit) |
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