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startle(rush, dash, bound)
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step down(verb, expression, drop, position, renounce)
1
step on it(expression, idiom, rush, dash, bound)
1
strand(verb, leave, abandon, quit, escape)
1
surrender(drop, position, abandon, renounce, relinquish)
1
take a hike(expression, idiom, leave, abandon, quit)
1
take flight(expression, rush, dash, bound)
1
tease(verb, upset, fail, deceive, thwart)
1
tergiversate(verb, leave, abandon, quit, escape)
1
throw over(expression, drop, reject, leave, abandon)
1
thwart(verb, upset, fail, deceive, baffle)
1
torment(verb, upset, fail, deceive, thwart)
1
vacate(verb, position, leave, abandon, quit)
1
vex(verb, upset, fail, deceive, thwart)
1
violate oath(expression, leave, abandon, quit, escape)
1
waive(drop, position, abandon, renounce, relinquish)
1
walk(verb, leave, abandon, quit, escape)
1
walk out on(verb, expression, idiom, run, leave)
1
withdraw(drop, position, abandon, renounce, relinquish)
1
yield(drop, position, abandon, renounce, relinquish)
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