2
lapse
2
lessen(verb, drop, close, decline, reduce)
2
lose ground(expression, idiom, regression)
2
move away(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
2
rebound(retreat, recoil, recede, regression)
2
reduce(verb, drop, close, withdraw, diminish)
2
relapse
2
repel(verb, withdraw, back)
2
taper(verb, drop, close, reduce, diminish)
1
abandon(verb, go, withdraw, leave, return)
1
abjure(withdraw, deny, cancel, reverse, repudiate)
1
avoid(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
1
back away(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
1
back out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw)
1
back out of(expression, idiom, withdraw, back, deny)
1
backwater
1
balk
1
beat it(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
1
call off(expression, withdraw, back, deny, retreat)
1
cave in(verb, expression, go, decline, withdraw)
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