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289 entries under expression topic. ×
| hang back(verb, recoil, cringe, flinch) | |
| knuckle under(verb, phrasal verb, give, surrender) | |
| leave no trace(idiom, go, withdraw, leave) | |
| melt away(go, decline, withdraw, leave) | |
| pass away(go, withdraw, leave, abandon) | |
| run along(verb, go, part, separate) | |
| safe place(noun, peace, protection, shelter) | |
| shrink back(verb, withdraw, return, dodge) | |
| shy away(verb, start, withdraw, return) | |
| step back(verb, phrasal verb, withdraw, react) | |
| take leave(verb, go, advance, remove) | |
| vanish cease(go, withdraw, leave, abandon) | |
| turn back(verb, phrasal verb, upset, decline) | |
| back out of(idiom, withdraw, back, deny) | |
| back pedal(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield) | |
| bail out(verb, go, leave, draw) | |
| beat a hasty retreat(idiom, get, leave, blow) | |
| beg off(verb, withdraw, abandon, yield) | |
| bounce back(turn, retire, recoil, recede) | |
| bow to(verb, go, open, fail) |
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