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take back(verb, phrasal verb, take, accept)
8
back down(verb, phrasal verb, take, withdraw)
5
back out(verb, phrasal verb, take, withdraw)
5
give up(verb, reject, withdraw, abandon)
4
back off(verb, phrasal verb, take, withdraw)
3
go back on(verb, idiom, withdraw, abandon)
3
set aside(verb, stop, withdraw, abandon)
2
back pedal(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield)
2
beg off(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield)
2
blow it off(idiom, withdraw, yield, surrender)
2
bow out(withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
2
call back(verb, phrasal verb, take, remove)
2
call off(verb, stop, remove, dismiss)
2
chicken out(verb, withdraw, abandon, back)
2
climb down(withdraw, yield, backpedal)
2
cop out(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield)
2
eat crow(withdraw, renounce, retract)
2
eat humble pie(idiom, withdraw, yield, renounce)
2
eat one's words(verb, idiom, take)
2
get cold feet(idiom, withdraw, yield, surrender)
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