2
abdicate(verb, drop, power, position, leave)
2
abscond(run, leave, abandon, rush, dash)
2
bail out(expression, run, position, leave, abandon)
2
cop out(expression, run, leave, abandon, rush)
2
escape(verb, run, leave, abandon, rush)
2
flee(verb, run, leave, abandon, rush)
2
fly(run, leave, abandon, rush, dash)
2
forsake(verb, leave, abandon, quit, escape)
2
give up(expression, position, leave, abandon, quit)
2
leave(verb, position, abandon, quit, escape)
2
leave in the lurch(verb, expression, idiom, run, position)
2
opt out(expression, run, position, leave, abandon)
2
relinquish(verb, position, leave, abandon, quit)
2
renounce(verb, position, leave, abandon, quit)
2
resign(verb, position, leave, abandon, quit)
2
run out on(expression, idiom, run, leave, abandon)
2
split(run, leave, abandon, rush, dash)
2
take off(expression, run, leave, abandon, rush)
1
abandon(verb, position, leave, quit, escape)
1
abjure(verb, drop, position, leave, abandon)
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