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121 entries under retreat topic. ×
| recoil(verb, move, change, start, withdraw) | |
| shrink(verb, stop, start, withdraw, return) | |
| pull back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, withdraw) | |
| swerve(verb, move, stop, change, start) | |
| back away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, return) | |
| dodge(withdraw, hesitate, recoil, shrink) | |
| duck(verb, start, withdraw, dodge) | |
| withdraw(verb, start, return, dodge) | |
| abandon(recoil, recede, shrink) | |
| back(recoil, recede) | |
| back down(expression, recoil, recede, shrink) | |
| back off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, return) | |
| back out(expression, recoil, recede, shrink) | |
| back up(expression, recoil, recede) | |
| backfire(verb, withdraw, dodge, hesitate) | |
| backtrack(recoil, recede) | |
| balk(verb, stop, start, withdraw) | |
| blanch(verb, start, withdraw, dodge) | |
| blench(verb, start, withdraw, dodge) | |
| blink(verb, start, withdraw, dodge) |
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