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avoid(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
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back away(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
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back down(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
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back off(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
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back up(verb, expression, withdraw, return, retreat)
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backtrack(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
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cave in(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
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come about
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desert(verb, rush, speed, velocity, rapidity)
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desert under fire(verb, expression, idiom, run, turn)
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disengage(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
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draw back(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave)
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ebb(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
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elope(verb, rush, speed, velocity, rapidity)
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elude(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
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evacuate(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
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evade(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
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fetch about
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flinch
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fold(verb, go, withdraw, leave, abandon)
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