3
take
3
vacate(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon, restore)
3
welsh(verb, take, withdraw, yield, surrender)
2
apostatize(verb, take, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
2
back pedal(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield)
2
backpedal(verb, remove, dismiss, withdraw, abandon)
2
beg off(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield)
2
blow it off(expression, idiom, withdraw, yield, surrender)
2
bounce
2
bound
2
bow out(expression, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
2
call back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, take, remove)
2
call off(verb, expression, stop, remove, dismiss)
2
cease(verb, stop, ruin, halt, negative)
2
cede
2
chicken out(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, back)
2
climb down(expression, withdraw, yield, backpedal)
2
contravene(verb, decline, reject, oppose, abandon)
2
controvert(verb, decline, reject, oppose, refuse)
2
cop out(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield)
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