| deplete(verb, diminish, decrease, lose, wither) |
| dodge(verb, withdraw, avoid, retreat, hesitate) |
| drain(verb, drop, cut, decline, reduce) |
| dry up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut) |
| fall(verb, drop, go, cut, decline) |
| fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, close) |
| shy away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, start) |
| swerve(verb, stop, start, withdraw, retreat) |
| thin(verb, decline, reduce, ease, diminish) |
| crumble(verb, drop, go, cut, decline) |
| cut down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut) |
| drop off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut) |
| duck(verb, start, withdraw, avoid, retreat) |
| fall away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, decline) |
| hang back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, pause) |
| let up(verb, expression, drop, cut, decline) |
| make smaller(verb, expression, idiom, reduce, moderate) |
| pare(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower) |
| psychoanalyst(noun, doctor, psychiatrist, therapist, psychotherapist) |
| retrocede(verb, drop, close, go, decline) |