9
repel(verb, separate, push, prevent, resist)
6
beat back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, separate)
6
repulse(verb, separate, prevent, resist, overthrow)
5
push back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, separate)
4
drive
2
brush off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, separate)
2
cast aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, separate)
2
chase away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, separate)
2
cool(verb, cut, separate, prevent, resist)
2
disown(verb, cut, separate, cool, dispute)
2
dispute(verb, cut, separate, cool, prevent)
2
drive away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, separate)
2
drive back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, separate)
2
drive off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, separate)
2
duel(verb, cut, separate, cool, dispute)
2
fend off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, separate)
2
fight(verb, cut, separate, cool, prevent)
2
force off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, separate)
2
give cold shoulder to(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, cut)
2
hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, separate)
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