11
quit(verb, stop, drop, go, remove)
10
leave(verb, stop, drop, go, give)
10
withdraw(verb, stop, go, remove, leave)
6
abandon(verb, stop, drop, give, reject)
6
forsake(verb, stop, drop, reject, withdraw)
6
give up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, give)
5
throw in the towel(verb, expression, idiom, drop, withdraw)
4
back out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, go)
4
pull out(verb, expression, stop, go, remove)
4
renege(verb, stop, reject, withdraw, yield)
4
secede(verb, stop, drop, go, remove)
3
demit(verb, drop, reject, leave, abandon)
3
depart(verb, stop, drop, go, remove)
3
discard(verb, stop, reject, withdraw, leave)
3
drop(verb, stop, give, withdraw, leave)
3
drop by the wayside
3
fall by the wayside
3
leave flat(verb, expression, stop, reject, run)
3
opt out(verb, expression, stop, reject, run)
3
stand down(expression, drop, withdraw, leave, abandon)
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