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pass(decline, keep, withdraw, abandon)
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retain(keep, suppress, refuse, deny)
3
abjure(decline, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
3
abnegate(reject, withdraw, quit, renounce)
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break(hold, drop, close, end)
3
bridle(stop, control, keep, restrain)
3
conclude(stop, hold, break, drop)
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constrain(control, keep, restrain, withdraw)
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culminate(stop, end, fail, halt)
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detain(keep, suppress, refuse, deny)
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do without(expression, decline, withdraw, abandon)
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lay off
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leave(give, abandon, delay, allow)
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not do(expression, idiom, keep, renounce)
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remit(cease, ceases)
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scrub(hold, break, drop, control)
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shun(stop, reject, restrain, withdraw)
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sit out(expression, phrasal verb, decline, keep)
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starve(withdraw, quit, renounce, cease)
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waive(drop, give, decline, abandon)
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