3
propound(verb, present, cause, allow, create)
3
put up(verb, expression, present, allow, yield)
3
rebuff(verb, decline, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
3
refuse(verb, decline, keep, reject, dismiss)
3
repel(verb, decline, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
3
ride out(verb, expression, hold, take, keep)
3
strike(verb, stop, make, go, end)
3
sustain(verb, hold, keep, overcome, continue)
3
sweat it out(expression, idiom)
3
tough it out(verb, expression, idiom, keep, overcome)
3
wear well(verb, expression, hold, continue, follow)
3
yield(verb, give, advance, present, produce)
2
adduce(verb, state, give, show, raise)
2
be(verb, hold, continue, follow, stay)
2
be extant(verb, keep, overcome, continue, bear)
2
be left(verb, hold, keep, overcome, continue)
2
be long lived(verb, hold, continue, follow, stay)
2
be timeless(verb, hold, continue, follow, stay)
2
boycott(verb, stop, quit, negotiate)
2
buck(verb, make, go, end, secure)
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