| contract(verb, drop, control, close) |
| recoil(noun, verb, act, remove) |
| withdraw(verb, remove, start, leave) |
| recede(verb, drop, close, cut) |
| quail(verb, move, remove, start) |
| retreat(verb, drop, close, decline) |
| ebb(verb, drop, close, cut) |
| draw back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, close) |
| avoid(verb, start, worry, withdraw) |
| retire(verb, drop, close, decline) |
| weaken(verb, drop, cut, decline) |
| fall(verb, drop, cut, decline) |
| fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, close) |
| crumble(verb, drop, cut, decline) |
| retrocede(verb, drop, close, decline) |
| sink(verb, drop, close, cut) |
| evade(verb, start, withdraw, leave) |
| fail(verb, drop, decline, open) |
| go away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, drop, close) |
| backtrack(verb, withdraw, leave, abandon) |