2
seclude oneself(verb, expression, go, part, decline)
2
separate(go, part, remove, withdraw, surrender)
2
sequester(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
2
sever connections(expression, go, part, separate, remove)
2
shift(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple)
2
start back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, decline)
2
stay(verb, hold, control, restrain, curb)
2
stickle(verb, withdraw, retreat, pause, dodge)
2
stop working(expression, go, part, separate, remove)
2
subtract(withdraw, retreat)
2
surrender(go, part, separate, remove, withdraw)
2
take off(expression, go, part, separate, withdraw)
2
think twice(expression, pause, hesitate, falter, balk)
2
think twice about(expression, idiom, pause, hesitate, scruple)
2
tie down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hold, control)
2
turn(verb, move, act, movement, trip)
2
vacillate(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple)
2
waver(verb, withdraw, retreat, pause, dodge)
2
wince(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate)
1
abandon(verb, go, withdraw, leave, return)
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