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| eat humble pie(idiom, withdraw, yield, backpedal) | |
| get a fright(idiom, start) | |
| get around(verb, dodge, evade, duck) | |
| get out of(verb, idiom, dodge, evade) | |
| get well(verb, overcome, return, revive) | |
| go backward(retreat, shrink) | |
| go in reverse | |
| go wrong(miscarry, boomerang) | |
| hang fire(idiom, unwillingness) | |
| have cold feet(idiom, tremble, quake) | |
| have funny feeling(idiom, act, proceed, counter) | |
| hippety hop(jump, leap) | |
| hit out(verb, thrust) | |
| jump the gun(verb, idiom, shy, jump) | |
| launch yourself(jump, leap) | |
| leap suddenly | |
| make a comeback(verb, idiom, overcome, return) | |
| make a retreat | |
| move away(verb, go, withdraw, leave) | |
| not go as planned(idiom, miscarry, boomerang) |
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