2
shrink(verb, go, remove, withdraw, leave)
2
stop working(expression, go, part, separate, remove)
2
surrender(verb, go, part, separate, remove)
2
vacate(verb, go, remove, withdraw, leave)
1
abandon(verb, go, withdraw, leave, return)
1
abide(verb, agree, surrender, acknowledge, quit)
1
abjure(verb, go, remove, leave, draw)
1
accede(verb, withdraw, agree, abandon, yield)
1
acknowledge(verb, agree, surrender, quit, endure)
1
admit(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
1
admit defeat(expression, withdraw, yield, backpedal)
1
agree(verb, surrender, endure, acquiesce, succumb)
1
appease(verb, agree, surrender, acknowledge, quit)
1
avoid(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
1
back(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
1
back away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
1
back pedal(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield)
1
bail out(expression, go, remove, leave, draw)
1
balk(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
1
be submissive(verb, go, agree, surrender, acknowledge)
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