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What is another word for
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Past tense for to retreat, especially from a confronting situation
Past tense for to renege or change one's mind on a position, agreement or promise
Past tense for leave alone
Past tense for to avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner
Past tense for go or move back or further away from a previous position
Past tense for to change one's opinion or stance, especially at the behest of someone
Past tense for to prevent from progress
Past tense for to take back or renege on an initial statement or stance
Past tense for make a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of pain or distress
Composed yourself
Past tense for to stop or desist from doing something
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Verb
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Past tense for to retreat, especially from a confronting situation
withdrew
withdrawn
retreated
retired
recoiled
shrank
shrunk
shrunken
receded
baulked
UK
balked
US
pulled out
fell back
fallen back
pulled back
drew back
drawn back
backed out
turned tail
gave ground
given ground
moved away
backed away
cleared out
shied away
went backward
gone backward
quit
fled
split
beat it
left
disengaged
quitted
cut and run
beat a retreat
bolted
run away
escaped
vamoosed
moved back
dropped out
beat a hasty retreat
run for it
skedaddled
run off
scramed
scrammed
legged it
abandoned
hightailed it
scarpered
made off
run
peeled out
opted out
decamped
took flight
taken flight
beaten a retreat
stepped back
shrunk back
gave way
given way
shrunk away
ran away
wriggled out
exited
bailed out
opted out of
pulled the plug
cut out
bowed out
ran for it
hooked it
contracted out
moved out
beaten a hasty retreat
evacuated
skipped off
backed down
departed
ran off
took off
taken off
withdrew from
ran
withdrawn from
backpedalled
UK
quoke
pulled away
lost ground
quaked
cowered
blenched
crawfished
backpedaled
US
quailed
retracted
shrunken back
shrank back
shrunken away
shrank away
flown
flew
stopped participating
bugged out
went away
made a quick exit
eluded
resigned from
bowed out of
pulled out of
seceded
disassociated
detached
evaded
folded
showed a clean pair of heels
packed in
resigned
receded from
turned away
pulled
vacated
dissociated
disengaged from
levanted
distanced oneself
weaseled out
made a break for it
regressed
excluded oneself
walked away from
lit out
chucked
made a run for it
made oneself scarce
gone away
stepped down from
gotten out
made a getaway
got out
headed for the hills
resiled
delinked
abstracted
scratched from
stopped participating in
abstracted oneself
detached yourself
weaselled out
weaselled
UK
forsook
given up
absented yourself
forsaken
gave up
backed out of
went back
broke
went
flew the coop
flown the coop
broken
did a fade
did a bunk
done a fade
took a powder
took to your heels
done a bunk
gone back
gone
brake
taken to your heels
taken a powder
did a runner
done a runner
flinched
avoided
sheered
returned
backed
regrouped
ebbed
refused to contemplate
retrograded
retroceded
drawn away
drew away
more ❯
“Coleman said the fire was strong enough at one point that firefighters had to
back off
and go into defensive mode.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to renege or change one's mind on a position, agreement or promise
reneged
copped out
finked out
backed out
backed down
chickened out
canceled
US
cancelled
UK
pulled out
welshed
avoided
surrendered
gone back on
went back on
wormed out
dropped out
shied from
begged off
wiggled out
weaseled out
wimped out
abandoned
repudiated
backpedalled
UK
recanted
retreated from
resigned
backpedaled
US
reneged on
scratched
withdrawn
withdrew
failed to honour
called off
pulled out of
defaulted on
cried off
weaselled out
given up
gave up
weaselled
UK
back pedaled
bottled it
blew it off
got cold feet
lost your nerve
got cold feet about
gotten cold feet
threw in the towel
yielded
submitted
thought better of
blown it off
bowed out
changed your mind
turned yellow
conceded defeat
wussed out
funked out
thrown in the towel
chickened out of
bottled out
had no stomach for
had no fight left
withdrew from
withdrawn from
admitted defeat
given in
yold
gave in
accepted defeat
yolden
lost your head
crapped out
lost your cool
pussed out
piked on
gone to pieces
went to pieces
gotten flustered
got flustered
more ❯
“Then, step by step, he persuaded the officer in command to
back off
from his initial stance.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for leave alone
got off someone's case
gotten off someone's case
let someone breathe
stopped annoying
stopped nagging
Verb
▲
Past tense for to avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner
copped out
bypassed
escaped
sidestepped
avoided
dodged
ducked
evaded
shirked
shrank from
shrunk from
skipped
skirted round
skived
abandoned
backpedaled
US
backpedalled
UK
bilked
cut
declined
deserted
excused
funked
quit
quitted
rationalised
UK
rationalized
US
reneged
renounced
revoked
ran away from
run away from
skived off
steered clear of
welshed
withdrew
withdrawn
backed down
backed out
backed out of
ducked out of
got out
gotten out
got out of
gotten out of
had alibi
pulled out of
slid out of
used pretext
weaseled out
weaselled out
weaselled
UK
wriggled out of
gave the slip
given the slip
Verb
▲
Past tense for go or move back or further away from a previous position
receded
abated
subsided
ebbed
retreated
withdrew
withdrawn
lessened
declined
retired
shrank
shrunk
shrunken
sank
sunk
sunken
diminished
dwindled
retroceded
waned
backed away
decreased
de-escalated
eased
faded
fell
felled
fallen
fell back
fallen back
lowered
moderated
palled
pulled out
relented
relent
remitted
returned
tapered
went back
gone back
moved away
regressed
retrogressed
backed
closed
departed
drained away
dropped
dropped off
fell away
fallen away
went down
gone down
let up
moved back
phased down
ratcheted down
reduced
retracted
retrograded
tapered off
moved further off
died off
drew away
drawn away
drew back
drawn back
flowed back
went away
gone away
died away
died down
died out
Verb
▲
Past tense for to change one's opinion or stance, especially at the behest of someone
budged
backtracked
backpedaled
US
backpedalled
UK
recanted
retracted
reversed
changed
compromised
backed down
backed out
changed your mind
about-faced
did an about-face
done an about-face
did an about-turn
done an about-turn
did a U-turn
done a U-turn
went back
gone back
gave way
given way
ate your words
eaten your words
reconsidered
rethought
flip-flopped
doubled back
withdrawn
withdrew
retroceded
retreated
turned back
done a volte-face
shifted one's ground
did a volte-face
changed opinion
thought better of
changed mind
had second thoughts
decided against
set aside
relented
relent
recalled
regressed
retired
conceded
reneged
receded
demurred
backed
eaten humble pie
moved back
took back
altered
changed your decision
backed away
conceded defeat
reneged on
taken back
changed one's tune
ate humble pie
gone into reverse
dialed back
moved backward
moved backwards
turned the tables
turned tail
sung a different song
backed up
went into reverse
changed one's attitude
unsaid
amended
backtracked on
sang a different song
withcalled
did a U-turn on
went back on
gone back on
done a U-turn on
done an about-turn on
backed out of
did an about-turn on
withdrew from agreement or statement
back pedaled
withdrawn from agreement or statement
admitted you were wrong
driven back
gone backward
fallen back
driven backwards
fell back
drove backwards
drew back
drawn back
drove back
went backward
gave in
given in
recast
adapted
adjusted
varied
modified
revised
recalibrated
yo-yoed on
shifted
made adjustments to
flip-flopped on
changed gears on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to prevent from progress
retarded
arrested
checked
decelerated
delayed
handicapped
braked
brake
clogged
detained
hindered
impeded
obstructed
encumbered
postponed
slowed down
stalled
deferred
hampered
curbed
hamstrung
hamstringed
held back
held up
inhibited
set back
slowed up
interrupted
kept back
put back
restrained
restricted
slackened
slowed
cumbered
stayed
trammelled
trammeled
baffled
baulked
UK
balked
US
bogged
choked
crimped
dawdled
decreased
downed
faltered
fettered
flagged
hesitated
interfered with
lessened
loafed
loitered
mired
poked
reduced
retardated
put a brake on
bogged down
choked off
closed off
hung up
let up
shut down
shut off
took down
taken down
brought to screeching halt
threw a spanner in the works of
thrown a spanner in the works of
threw a monkey wrench in the works of
thrown a monkey wrench in the works of
put off
foiled
derailed
thwarted
stymied
paused
withheld
halted
hobbled
protracted
cramped
blocked
crippled
repressed
prevented
deterred
shackled
remitted
stopped
prorogued
shelved
frustrated
handcuffed
held
prolonged
intermitted
confined
barred
staved off
stove off
held off on
held over
made late
hog-tied
stood in the way of
withholden
holden
got in the way of
gotten in the way of
constrained
limited
bridled
manacled
embarrassed
forestalled
curtailed
tied up
put an end to
short-circuited
controlled
prohibited
cut off
shut out
borked
stonewalled
counteracted
suppressed
disrupted
contained
stifled
opposed
moderated
regulated
stemmed
dammed
reined in
averted
put the brakes on
put a stop to
kept
scuppered
interdicted
warded off
held in
circumvented
held down
caught
countered
burdened
tied
interfered
smothered
governed
straitened
tamed
forbid
cut back
debarred
avoided
hit the brakes
weighed down
headed off
defended against
put at a disadvantage
nipped in the bud
kept lid on
stilled
diminished
defeated
staunched
precluded
muzzled
reined
evaded
disadvantaged
ruled
measured
circumnavigated
nullified
bound
pulled up
contravened
fetched up
kept under control
kept in check
skirted
sidestepped
lost speed
choked back
hemmed in
bottled up
corked
pulled in
brought to a standstill
spoiled
US
spoilt
UK
steered clear of
stemmed the flow of
stunted
gotten in the way
got in the way
sabotaged
kept waiting
discontinued
embogged
suspended
discouraged
crabbed
neutralized
US
cut short
muffled
bottlenecked
inconvenienced
put paid to
beat
sandbagged
constricted
cut down
chained
subdued
stanched
frozen
froze
overloaded
neutralised
UK
fazed
let down flaps
circumscribed
oppressed
entangled
forbidden
forbade
brought up
resisted
dissuaded from
fought back
leashed
gagged
bit
bitted
imprisoned
put a limit on
shut in
warded
boxed in
put the stopper on
upset
put the kibosh on
kept a lid on
jailed
US
gaoled
UK
kept in
held off
cramped one's style
eased up
locked up
put on brakes
put an stop to
saddled with
kept within bounds
cooled off
put a spoke in someone's wheel
kept the lid on
put out of commission
put in an unfavourable position
put half nelson on
put away
cooled
placed at a disadvantage
drawn up
drew up
bounden
saddled
loaded
tempered
ended
abated
lagged
qualified
reefed
quieted
procrastinated
lumbered
caused to stay
caused to wait
throttled
straitjacketed
obscured
screened
complicated
fenced
stood
swallowed
squelched
terminated
laden
laded
weighted
slacked
freighted
overtaxed
strained
taxed
stressed
netted
strangled
captured
ensnared
enmeshed
weakened
escaped
bypassed
impaired
wound down
lost steam
pegged
disciplined
quashed
dissuaded
snagged
incarcerated
interned
rattled
discomfited
incommoded
checkmated
repulsed
rebuffed
overturned
scotched
entrammeled
entrammelled
entrapped
occluded
overwhelmed
overburdened
disconcerted
debilitated
tethered
enjoined
outlawed
tabooed
charged
discommoded
bothered
dropped
braced
sidetracked
fixed
fixt
scrubbed
monkeyed with
deflected
setted limits on
imposed limits on
congested
jammed
closed
clotted
dampened
slackened pace
locked in
disallowed
immured
shotgunned
concussed
necessitated
fenced in
closed in
deprived
cooped up
banned
denied
sidelined
wronged
ruled out
come to a standstill
withstood
become slower
petered out
not moved
stood off
harnessed
barricaded
ruined
outwitted
stumped
blocked up
wrecked
juked
ditched
crashed
unsettled
loused up
screwed up
dragged your feet
fouled up
tied one's hands
bitten back
bit back
made difficult
held in check
knocked off
cooled down
reduced in speed
kept in line
slammed on the anchors
prevented from making progress
forfended
boxed up
gummed up
kept off
chilled
cracked down
directed
treated harshly
delimited
got slower
killed
turned aside
pulled back
anticipated
made slower
impounded
kept at bay
intercepted
sat on
played for time
plugged up
told against
stopped up
blockaded
pinned down
treated unfavourably
brought under control
inflicted a handicap on
kept a tight rein on
guided
got bogged down
buttoned up
tied down
hogtied
obviated
reduced speed
clogged up
slammed on the brakes
brought to an end
reined back
lost pace
had on a tight leash
bunged up
slacked up
kept down
kept tight rein on
staved
fended off
slackened off
treated unfairly
stove
loaden
gotten out of
got out of
anchored it
beaten
sank
sunken
sunk
canned
stuffed
came to a standstill
became slower
taken wind out of
took wind out of
done for
did for
gone slower
went slower
given a hard time
gave a hard time
threw a spoke in the wheel of
threw a spanner in the works
thrown a spoke in the wheel of
thrown a spanner in the works
took out
gave disadvantage
given disadvantage
taken out
done a disservice to
did a disservice to
gave a disadvantage to
given a disadvantage to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to take back or renege on an initial statement or stance
retracted
withdrew
withdrawn
disowned
recanted
renounced
abjured
repudiated
revoked
unsaid
cancelled
UK
canceled
US
disavowed
reversed
took back
taken back
disclaimed
repealed
rescinded
denied
recalled
abnegated
annulled
foreswore
foresworn
forswore
forsworn
reneged
apologised
UK
apologized
US
backtracked on
countermanded
eliminated
excluded
went back on
gone back on
nigged
receded
reneged on
retreated
retroceded
retrograded
suspended
welshed
withcalled
backed down
called off
did a U-turn on
done a U-turn on
drew back
drawn back
ate your words
eaten your words
fell back
fallen back
forgot it
forgotten it
reeled in
rowed back on
ruled out
took in
taken in
backed out
changed mind
changed one's tune
did an about-turn on
done an about-turn on
backed out of
had change of heart
apostatized
abandoned
relinquished
voided
backtracked
nullified
abrogated
contradicted
dialed back
called back
weaseled out
wormed out of
forsaken
forsook
weaselled out
weaselled
UK
went back on your word
gone back on your word
backpedalled
UK
backpedaled
US
repossessed
reclaimed
dissociated from
did an about-turn
done a U-turn
done an about-turn
did a U-turn
ate crow
eaten crow
ate humble pie
eaten humble pie
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for make a slight involuntary grimace or shrinking movement of the body out of pain or distress
winced
flinched
blenched
cringed
recoiled
started
quailed
shrank
shrunk
shrunken
grimaced
squinched
cowered
squirmed
blanched
dodged
ducked
gasped
jibbed
jumped
scowled
shuddered
shied
swerved
turned
drew back
drawn back
pulled a face
shrank away
shrunk away
shrunken away
made a face
retreated
shied away
backed away
pulled back
groveled
US
grovelled
UK
shrunk back
jumped back
withdrawn
withdrew
huddled
started back
boggled
retired
refused
scrupled
jerked back
crouched
slunk
slinked
fell back
fallen back
shrank back
shrunken back
sprang back
sprung back
balked
US
baulked
UK
wavered
quoke
quaked
trembled
faltered
jerked
quivered
shivered
jolted
shirked
twitched
bucked
got cold feet
gotten cold feet
shaken
shook
hesitated
demurred
startled
bolted
reacted
reeled
quavered
drooped
fainted
reared
taken fright
took fright
had cold feet
showed fear
shown fear
more ❯
Verb
▲
Composed yourself
cooled down
calmed down
settled down
cooled off
simmered down
composed yourself
Verb
▲
Past tense for to stop or desist from doing something
ceased
stopped
quit
quitted
discontinued
ended
halted
dropped
finished
terminated
suspended
canned
desisted
broke
brake
broken
concluded
refrained
belayed
belaid
surceased
intermitted
stayed
failed
culminated
broke off
broken off
gave up
given up
desisted from
left off
cut out
laid off
lay off
knocked off
cut off
refrained from
broke up
broken up
packed in
gave over
given over
wound up
packed up
shut off
brought to an end
brought to a halt
cut short
called it quits
called it a day
brought to a stop
shut down
closed down
cut it out
closed out
died down
quit cold turkey
came to a close
come to a close
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