| go AWOL(expression, leave, abandon, quit, escape) |
| go over(verb, expression, reject, withdraw, abandon) |
| go over the fence(verb, expression, idiom, reject, withdraw) |
| go over the hill(expression, idiom, leave, abandon, quit) |
| go west(expression, leave, abandon, quit, escape) |
| hang(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| hang back(expression, pause, hesitate, falter, balk) |
| have second thoughts(expression, idiom) |
| hide(avoid, escape, conceal, hedge, equivocate) |
| hold back(expression, pause, hesitate, falter, balk) |
| hold off(expression, pause, hesitate, falter, balk) |
| hover(pause, hesitate, falter, balk, scruple) |
| jilt(verb, leave, abandon, quit, escape) |
| juke(verb, move, cut, slip, avoid) |
| keep distance(expression, decline, avoid, hide, escape) |
| lay low(expression, avoid, deceive, hide, escape) |
| lead on a merry chase(expression, idiom, avoid, hide, escape) |
| leave flat(verb, expression, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| leave high and dry(expression, idiom, leave, abandon, quit) |
| leave in the lurch(expression, idiom, leave, abandon, quit) |