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| admit defeat(expression, stop, drop, abandon) | |
| annul(stop, end, discharge, complete) | |
| arrest(stop, close, end, complete) | |
| back down(expression, stop, drop, abandon) | |
| back off(expression, stop, end, fail) | |
| bag it(expression, stop, end, abandon) | |
| bail out(expression, stop, drop, abandon) | |
| bar(stop, close, end, complete) | |
| be over(hold, break, drop, close) | |
| block(stop, close, end, complete) | |
| blow off(expression, stop, hold, break) | |
| bounce(stop, end, reject, discharge) | |
| bound(stop, end, discharge, complete) | |
| bow out(expression, stop, drop, abandon) | |
| bring down curtain(expression, idiom, close, end) | |
| bring to a close(expression, idiom, stop, hold) | |
| buckle under(expression, stop, drop, abandon) | |
| call off | |
| cinch(close, end, complete, finish) | |
| clamp down on |
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