| escape(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| evanish(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| faint(verb, break, fail, weaken, deteriorate) |
| gag(block, kill, fill, stifle, smother) |
| garrote(block, kill, fill, stifle, smother) |
| go dead |
| go south(expression, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| pass over(verb, expression, drop, close, go) |
| rankle(verb, deterioration, dwindle) |
| retire(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) |
| retreat(verb, go, decline, withdraw, leave) |
| return(verb, decline, fall, terminate, degenerate) |
| run low(verb, expression, idiom, dwindle) |
| shrivel(verb, decline, dry, deterioration, shrink) |
| shut down(verb, expression, stop, end, fail) |
| slacken(verb, increase, dwindle, become) |
| slide(verb, decline, fall, terminate, degenerate) |
| slip(verb, decline, fall, terminate, lapse) |
| snuff out(verb, phrasal verb) |
| stand(verb, stop, take, respect, halt) |