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start(withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate)
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steam(move, action, act, movement)
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swash(move, action, act, movement)
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swerve(stop, withdraw, retreat, pause)
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travel along(move, action, act, movement)
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travel by(move, action, act, movement)
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travel purposefully(move, action, act, movement)
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trundle(move, action, act, movement)
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whistle(move, action, act, movement)
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wind(move, action, act, movement)
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wing(move, action, act, movement)
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zigzag(move, action, act, movement)
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absent oneself(expression, go, part, separate)
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arrest(hold, control, restrain, curb)
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avoid(go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
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back off(expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
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backtrack(go, decline, withdraw, leave)
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balk(stop, withdraw, abandon, yield)
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beat a retreat(expression, idiom, move, forward)
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blench(withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate)
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