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