4
die(verb, stop, go, decline, fall)
4
dip(verb, drop, decline, settle, ease)
4
drag(verb, move, action, drop, act)
4
flee(verb, go, start, withdraw, leave)
4
leave(verb, go, remove, withdraw, abandon)
4
recidivate(verb, decline, fall, terminate, degenerate)
4
revert(verb, drop, decline, fall, fail)
4
rise(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
abbreviate(verb, decline, reduce, moderate, diminish)
3
abridge(verb, cut, decline, reduce, diminish)
3
advance(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
angle(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
back away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
3
back up(verb, expression, withdraw, return, retreat)
3
backtrack(verb, go, decline, withdraw, leave)
3
balk(start, retreat, recoil, shrink, cringe)
3
be adrift(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
betake oneself(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
billow(verb, move, action, act, movement)
3
blow(verb, move, act, go, movement)
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