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To leave or withdraw from a position or agreement

To lose a competition or contest

To decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality

To leave behind or stop caring for someone or something

To pull out of an agreement or arrangement

To give up one's resistance against something

The act of leaving or exiting a place or vicinity

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Verb

To leave or withdraw from a position or agreement

stop participating in

make one's exit

give something a miss

throw in the sponge

throw in the towel

abstract oneself

stop participating

hand in your notice

absent yourself

hand in resignation

renounce the throne

relinquish one's position

detach yourself

come off full alert

give up the ship

give in one's notice

give up your job

make oneself scarce

shut oneself away

seclude oneself

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“Winemaking houses in the former decided to bow out from the race and differentiate their viticultural enterprises by focusing on bubbly concoctions.”

Verb

To lose a competition or contest

come off second-best

throw in the towel

be outdistanced

meet one's Waterloo

be taken to cleaners

throw in the sponge

show the white flag

raise the white flag

wave the white flag

give up the struggle

come off second best

get the worst of it

be unsuccessful

put up white flag

give yourself up

give oneself over

resign yourself

give away the store

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“His aim was not to smuggle a weakish team through to the quarter-finals and bow out saying that was all that could be expected of such a group.”

Verb

To decrease in number, amount, intensity, or quality

decline in price

decrease in value

go into a tailspin

go through the floor

take a nosedive

be precipitated

slope downwards

take the edge off

take the sting out

go to the bottom

go down the toilet

incline downwards

be on the way out

die away or out

die away or down

draw to a close

decrease rapidly

descend rapidly

slant downwards

take a turn for the worse

go to rack and ruin

go down the tubes

go under the surface

dip beneath the horizon

take the bite out

tranquillise^UK

make cutbacks in

axe^UK

ax^US

put a damper on

make reductions in

come to nothing

make less intense

make less active

throw cold water on

get under control

become narrower

pour cold water on

take the heat off

reduce the force of

anaesthetize^UK

become less intense

reduce the effect of

lose its effect

lose its effectiveness

patch things up

anaesthetise^UK

lessen the impact of

reduce the impact of

keep to a minimum

keep at a minimum

take pressure off

bring to a standstill

protect against

become peaceful

soften the impact of

make less strict

make less formal

sink into oblivion

disappear slowly

safeguard against

keep the lid on

render insensitive

lose significance

decrease in importance

pale into insignificance

become depleted

be insufficient

bring respite to

become less dense

become less numerous

bring an end to

become exhausted

become less in number

take a load off

make something bearable

be found lacking

not come to ripeness

put the brakes on

get in the way of

be in short supply

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Verb

To leave behind or stop caring for someone or something

turn your back on

wash your hands of

hang out to dry

leave high and dry

leave in the lurch

give someone the push

let someone stew in their own juice

give up the ship

give someone the big E

step aside from

throw in the towel

stop participating in

leave someone holding the baby

abstract oneself

stop participating

give the heave-ho

fail to support

stop going out with

leave all alone

break off one's relationship with

leave parentless

leave in trouble

leave holding the bag

leave in a lurch

fall short of expectation

absent yourself

detach yourself

do the dirty on

take your leave of

change one's tune

give someone the air

refuse to have anything to do with

absolve yourself

give the old heave-ho

leave at the altar

stand down from

let someone down

stab in the back

hand in resignation

absent oneself from

have nothing to do with

give a wide berth to

have no more truck with

give something a miss

throw in the sponge

make one's exit

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Verb

To pull out of an agreement or arrangement

lose your nerve

have no stomach for

think better of

throw in the towel

get cold feet about

change your mind

have no fight left

fall at the first fence

do an about-face

do an about-turn

go back on your word

break your word

break a promise

do a volte-face

have change of heart

change one's tune

do an about-turn on

have second thoughts

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Verb

To give up one's resistance against something

throw in the towel

throw in the sponge

raise the white flag

show the white flag

wave the white flag

give up the struggle

be conquered by

put up white flag

be overwhelmed by

resign yourself

hoist the white flag

throw in your hand

make concessions

give yourself up

show white flag

throw up the sponge

throw up one's hands

roll over and play dead

give oneself over

have no fight left

act in accordance with

give away the store

be a casualty to

lose one's position to

be overthrown by

pass into the hands of

pass into enemy hands

be destroyed by

be vanquished by

come off second-best

resign oneself to

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Noun

The act of leaving or exiting a place or vicinity

sailing off into the sunset

taking a powder

bolt for freedom

vacation of a place

withdrawal from

disappearance from

going absent without leave

taking French leave

hasty departure

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