2
vacate(verb, go, remove, withdraw, leave)
2
wince(verb, recoil, cringe, flinch)
2
worsen(fall, fail, degenerate, deteriorate, relapse)
2
yield(verb, go, part, separate, remove)
1
abandon(verb, go, withdraw, leave, return)
1
back away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
1
back out of(expression, idiom, withdraw, back, deny)
1
bail out(expression, go, remove, leave, draw)
1
balk
1
be overcome(fall, fail, degenerate, deteriorate, revert)
1
be overtaken(fall, fail, degenerate, deteriorate, revert)
1
beat it(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
1
bedog(verb, draw, follow, extend, trace)
1
blink
1
blow(go, remove, leave, draw, retreat)
1
book(verb, go, remove, leave, draw)
1
bow out(verb, expression, go, remove, leave)
1
bring up the rear(verb, expression, idiom, draw, follow)
1
call off(expression, withdraw, back, deny, retreat)
1
cave in(verb, expression, go, decline, withdraw)
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