58 entries under retract topic. ×
| swerve(verb, move, change, start, withdraw) | |
| jerk(noun, verb, withdraw, return, retreat) | |
| tremble(verb, withdraw, hide, retreat, dodge) | |
| shirk(verb, start, withdraw, avoid, escape) | |
| back off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw) | |
| blanch(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| reel(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) | |
| shudder(noun, verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| recant(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) | |
| back out(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw) | |
| bow out(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw) | |
| give ground(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw) | |
| pull out(verb, expression, go, remove, withdraw) | |
| abandon(verb, go, withdraw, leave, return) | |
| accede(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) | |
| acquiesce(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) | |
| admit(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) | |
| back pedal(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield) | |
| backtrack(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon) | |
| beg off(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield) |
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