2
step aside
2
throw over(verb, expression, withdraw, lift, reverse)
2
waive(verb, drop, withdraw, leave, abandon)
1
KO(verb, withdraw, cancel, lift, reverse)
1
X-out(verb, withdraw, cancel, lift, reverse)
1
abeyance
1
abnegate(verb, release, withdraw, abandon, yield)
1
acquiesce
1
armistice
1
back down(verb, expression, withdraw, abandon, yield)
1
backpedal(verb, withdraw, cancel, lift, reverse)
1
bail out(verb, expression, drop, leave, abandon)
1
be pensioned
1
be superannuated
1
beg off
1
blow(verb, withdraw, cancel, lift, reverse)
1
bow out(verb, expression, drop, withdraw, leave)
1
break
1
breathing spell
1
buffer zone
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