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289 entries under expression topic. ×
| call off(withdraw, back, eliminate, deny) | |
| chicken out(withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) | |
| circle back(turn, retire, recoil, recede) | |
| come again(turn, retire, recoil, recede) | |
| come to terms(idiom, submission) | |
| cop out(verb, phrasal verb, withdraw, abandon) | |
| decline and fall | |
| deny oneself(go, part, separate, remove) | |
| desert under fire(verb, idiom) | |
| die down(verb, diminish, decrease, lessen) | |
| die off(verb, drop, close, go) | |
| double back(verb, upset, turn, return) | |
| drain away(drop, close, reduce, withdraw) | |
| draw away(verb, go, remove, withdraw) | |
| draw in(withdraw, back, eliminate, deny) | |
| drop off(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| drop out(verb, stop, go, remove) | |
| ease off(verb, decline, decrease, lessen) | |
| ease out(verb, go, remove, leave) | |
| eluding preventing(restraint, entertainment, diversion, evasion) |
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