| retreat(verb, move, drop, close) |
| recede(verb, drop, close, part) |
| withdraw(verb, move, part, separate) |
| retire(verb, move, drop, close) |
| draw back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, drop) |
| regress(verb, drop, close, part) |
| ebb(verb, drop, close, part) |
| retrocede(verb, move, drop, close) |
| back(verb, move, drop, close) |
| pull back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move) |
| retrograde(verb, move, drop, close) |
| give ground(verb, expression, idiom, move) |
| pull out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move) |
| recoil(verb, remove, withdraw, leave) |
| shrink(verb, drop, close, decline) |
| go back(verb, expression, drop, close) |
| back out(verb, expression, remove, withdraw) |
| move back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline) |
| backtrack(verb, move, decline, withdraw) |
| disengage(verb, remove, withdraw, leave) |