| withdraw(verb, move, action, take, act) |
| retreat(verb, move, drop, act, close) |
| pull back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, action) |
| recede(verb, move, action, drop, act) |
| retire(verb, move, drop, act, close) |
| recoil(verb, go, remove, start, withdraw) |
| move back(verb, expression, move, action, act) |
| fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, drop) |
| shrink(verb, drop, close, go, decline) |
| shy(verb, start, hesitate, recoil, jump) |
| flinch(verb, start, withdraw, hide, retreat) |
| pull away(verb, phrasal verb, move, act, movement) |
| retract(verb, drop, close, reduce, withdraw) |
| draw(verb, move, action, act, movement) |
| start(verb, withdraw, retreat, shy, dodge) |
| blench(verb, start, withdraw, hide, retreat) |
| cringe(verb, start, withdraw, hide, retreat) |
| give ground(verb, expression, idiom, move, go) |
| pull out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, go) |
| quail(verb, go, remove, start, withdraw) |