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prune(reduce, diminish, lower, decrease)
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retract(drop, close, reduce, withdraw)
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scruple(stop, pause, balance, shy)
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tail off(expression, phrasal verb, drop, cut)
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tremble(move, worry, withdraw, avoid)
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truncate(cut, decline, reduce, ease)
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wear(decrease, use, rub, grind)
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wizen(decline, dry, contract, dwindle)
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backtrack(go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
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become smaller(expression, idiom, drop, decline)
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boggle(pause, shy, hesitate, recoil)
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bound(control, check, reduce, restrain)
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clip(cut, decline, reduce, ease)
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collapse(go, decline, open, fail)
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crop(decline, reduce, ease, diminish)
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cut back(expression, phrasal verb, cut, decline)
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de-escalate(decline, reduce, ease, diminish)
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decoct(concentrate, squeeze, curtail, compact)
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decrement(diminish, decrease, lose)
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depreciate(drop, cut, decline, reduce)
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