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deter(verb, hold, control, restrain, curb)
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direct(verb, hold, control, restrain, curb)
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disengage(verb, go, remove, withdraw, leave)
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dodge(withdraw, retreat, hesitate, recoil, tremble)
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draw in(expression, withdraw, back, deny, retreat)
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duck(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate)
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ebb(verb, go, part, separate, remove)
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equivocate(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple)
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evade(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
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exit(verb, go, part, separate, remove)
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falter(verb, withdraw, retreat, pause, dodge)
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get away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, part)
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get off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, part)
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give up work(expression, idiom, go, part, separate)
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give way(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, part)
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go away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, part)
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go back(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
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go back on(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, decline)
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go to sleep(expression, idiom, go, part, separate)
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govern(verb, hold, control, restrain, curb)
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