| retreat(verb, move, drop, close, go) |
| recede(verb, drop, close, go, part) |
| withdraw(verb, move, go, part, separate) |
| retire(verb, move, drop, close, go) |
| draw back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, drop) |
| regress(verb, drop, close, go, part) |
| ebb(verb, drop, close, go, part) |
| lapse(verb, fall, fail, degenerate, deteriorate) |
| relapse(verb, weaken, degenerate, deteriorate, recede) |
| retrocede(verb, move, drop, close, go) |
| retrogress(verb, move, reduce, diminish, abate) |
| back(verb, move, drop, close, go) |
| recidivate(verb, fall, fail, degenerate, deteriorate) |
| pull back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, go) |
| retrograde(verb, move, drop, close, go) |
| fall behind(verb, expression, phrasal verb, draw, follow) |
| trail(verb, follow, loiter) |
| give ground(verb, expression, idiom, move, go) |
| lose |
| pull out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, go) |