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move(change, push, return, twist)
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pause
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rally(overcome, return, revive, ricochet)
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react(turn, withdraw, return, retreat)
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recant(withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender)
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reflex(noun, feeling, return, attitude)
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regress(move, go, change, withdraw)
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shift(move, change, push, return)
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shun(start, avoid, escape, dodge)
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writhe(forth, contort)
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answer(noun, act, feeling, return)
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back out(expression, go, remove, withdraw)
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bend(twist, wind, writhe, zigzag)
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boggle(cringe, flinch)
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bow out(expression, go, remove, withdraw)
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buck(noun, bump, shy, jump)
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circumlocute(reject, escape, dodge, evade)
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complain
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confine
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counter(act, acknowledge, proceed, answer)
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