4
stretch out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, give, advance)
4
suffer(verb, keep, overcome, continue, bear)
3
bear up
3
beg off(expression, decline, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
3
bide(verb, hold, continue, follow, stay)
3
defy(verb, bear, endure, resist, pursue)
3
disallow(verb, decline, keep, reject, dismiss)
3
dissent(verb, decline, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
3
exist(verb, hold, keep, overcome, continue)
3
go(verb, make, end, secure, pass)
3
grant(verb, give, advance, present, delay)
3
hang in(verb, expression, experience, endure, pursue)
3
have no end(expression, idiom, hold, continue, follow)
3
hold(verb, keep, continue, follow, stay)
3
keep(verb, overcome, continue, suppress, refuse)
3
keep on(verb, expression, hold, continue, follow)
3
never say die(expression, idiom, hold, follow, stay)
3
not budge(expression, decline, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
3
not buy(expression, decline, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
3
prevail(verb, hold, continue, follow, stay)
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