4
fade(verb, drop, close, reduce, withdraw)
4
sink(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
4
wane(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
3
depart(verb, drop, close, go, decline)
3
draw back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, close)
3
go away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, close)
3
pull back(verb, expression, go, decline, withdraw)
3
revert(retreat, recoil, recede, regression)
3
subside(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
2
abate(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
2
back down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
2
back off(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
2
backslide
2
close(verb, drop, reduce, withdraw, diminish)
2
countermarch(noun, regression)
2
decrease(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
2
drop(verb, close, decline, reduce, withdraw)
2
fade away(verb, expression, decline, decrease, lessen)
2
fall astern(expression, idiom, regression)
2
flow back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, close)
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