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289 entries under expression topic. ×
| vanishing act(escape, exit, parting, leaving) | |
| widen the distance | |
| wimp out(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield) | |
| withdraw from agreement or statement(verb, idiom, withdraw, abandon) | |
| accept defeat(withdraw, yield, backpedal) | |
| admit defeat(withdraw, yield, surrender, concede) | |
| admit you were wrong(idiom, withdraw, yield, backpedal) | |
| back stairs(idiom, ambush) | |
| become extinct(verb, go, withdraw, abandon) | |
| become invisible(verb, go, disappear, vanish) | |
| break camp(leave, escape, flee) | |
| call back(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| call in(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| chapter house(noun, order, monastery, abbey) | |
| close call(idiom, escape) | |
| concede defeat(withdraw, yield, surrender, concede) | |
| country house(noun, dwelling, shelter, chalet) | |
| crab-like motion(idiom, regression) | |
| crawl in(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| decant liquids |
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