60 entries under keep topic. ×

7
renounce(verb, give, decline, reject)
6
resist(verb, attack, decline, oppose)
5
decline(verb, stop, reject, restrain)
5
deny(verb, control, reject, dismiss)
5
hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, control)
5
pass up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline)
4
arrest(verb, renounce, cease, abstain)
4
pass(verb, decline, withdraw, abandon)
4
retain(verb, suppress, refuse, deny)
3
bridle(verb, stop, control, restrain)
3
constrain(verb, control, restrain, withdraw)
3
detain(verb, suppress, refuse, deny)
3
not do(verb, expression, idiom, renounce)
3
sit out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, decline)
2
be temperate(verb, expression, idiom, renounce)
2
go on the wagon(verb, expression, idiom, decline)
2
hold down(verb, expression, control, restrain)
2
keep back(verb, expression, control, restrain)
2
refuse(verb, stop, attack, reject)
2
repress(verb, control, restrain, suppress)
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