2
tune down(expression, reduce, lower, decrease, trim)
2
vacate(verb, move, drop, go, start)
2
walk out(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move, drop)
1
abandon physically(verb, expression, move, go, part)
1
abate(verb, cut, check, reduce, diminish)
1
abjure(verb, drop, position, leave, abandon)
1
abnegate(verb, drop, position, abandon, yield)
1
abscond(verb, move, go, start, withdraw)
1
amplify
1
bag it(verb, expression, drop, position, renounce)
1
bail out(verb, expression, drop, position, leave)
1
bankrupt(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower)
1
bant(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower)
1
beat it(verb, expression, move, go, start)
1
break(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower)
1
break away(verb, expression, move, go, part)
1
capitulate(verb, drop, withdraw, leave, abandon)
1
cede(verb, drop, position, leave, abandon)
1
charge
1
cheapen(verb, cut, reduce, diminish, lower)
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