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What is another word for
desist
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To cease to proceed or act
To refuse or say no to
To briefly stop or interrupt an action
To diminish in intensity or severity, especially gradually
To die or cease living
Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
Admit defeat
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Verb
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To cease to proceed or act
cease
stop
abstain
discontinue
suspend
end
forbear
refrain
belay
break off
conclude
give up
keep
kick
leave off
drop
eschew
forgo
give over
hold back
quit
abandon
avoid
halt
have done with
pause
refrain from
relinquish
resign
surcease
yield
dispense with
lay off
knock off
not do
pack in
pack up
call a halt to
call a stop to
finish
desist from
terminate
cut out
break up
can
let up
wind up
abstain from
renounce
close
break
pass
elapse
do without
cut off
expire
dead-end
put a stop to
call it a day
shun
wink out
forsake
check
bring to an end
call it quits
lapse
determine
die
put an end to
lay off of
cut short
resist
cancel
arrest
curb
go
forbear from
steer clear of
withhold
jack in
swear off
keep from
shut off
abjure
bring to a halt
withhold from
pull the plug on
refuse
scrub
interrupt
axe
UK
pass up
complete
get out of
hold off
pack it in
close out
wrap up
ax
US
bring to a close
restrain
rescind
repeal
inhibit
not continue
avert
revoke
evade
forego
stop oneself
abort
scrap
skip
go without
come to an end
restrain from
stay away from
culminate
shy from
kill
finish off
skip out on
withdraw
shut down
bring to a stop
get off
take the cure
head off
forswear
decline
reject
call
recall
waive
dodge
leave alone
preclude
shirk
shake
draw to a close
bypass
escape
fight shy of
not touch
resist the temptation to
cry off
sidestep
shrink from
sit out
be over
prevent
leave
block
get around
skirt
steer clear
nullify
call off
break the habit of
give a wide berth to
nip in the bud
come to a close
set aside
obviate
pull out of
rein in
back out of
dissolve
deny yourself
abolish
wind down
fend off
ward off
escape from
intermit
round out
round off
scratch
adjourn
ultimate
close down
stay
run out
die down
put the kibosh on
kick the habit
eliminate
stave off
quit cold
cut it out
keep off
postpone
rest
kick over
give a rest
pass on
jack it in
abrogate
starve
fast
constrain
fence-sit
ditch
leave out
remit
bridle
omit
go cold turkey
forlet
sacrifice
achieve
succeed
down tools
stop work
shelve
withcall
lay aside
wrap
extinguish
recess
bring to a conclusion
prorogue
prorogate
annul
bring to an untimely end
stop doing
lie by
spell
stay neutral
restrain oneself
restrain yourself
decline to
go easy
fail
cut
thwart
foil
throw in the towel
stop trying
throw in the sponge
phase out
bring to a standstill
get rid of
do away with
intervene
bag it
separate
give something the chop
knock something on the head
interpose
disunite
disconnect
disjoin
blow off
dissever
part
come to a stop
not take sides
immobilize
US
stem
turn back
sit on one's hands
give the go by
deactivate
immobilise
UK
delay
defer
stay away
circumvent
shake off
withstand
intercept
hold up
back off
quit cold turkey
forfend
stonewall
help
neutralise
UK
sew up
get on the wagon
hang it up
consummate
defend against
turn aside
shut out
save
keep from happening
cinch
crown
come to a halt
come to a standstill
hinder
interfere with
negate
make up for
neutralize
US
impede
counterbalance
prohibit
counteract
anticipate
bring
back off from
check out from
stop dead
draw to a halt
come to rest
fade away
peter out
kibosh
call it quits on
surcease from
bring down curtain
draw to close
put a period to
put the lid on
top off
put to bed
die away
get done
end up
die out
stop in one's tracks
fizzle out
cool it
run its course
reach a standstill
collapse
nip something in the bud
have nothing to do with
avoid doing
be temperate
drop out of
pull up
hold
stand
take the pledge
knock it off
call a halt
stop midstream
resign from
go on the wagon
restrain oneself from
prevent oneself from
prevent yourself from
not give in to
cease to indulge in
stop oneself from
chuck
disappear
vanish
fade
dwindle
bar
settle
surrender
bite the dust
melt away
ignore
exclude
obstruct
stall
duck
forfeit
renege
ebb
finalize
US
evaporate
freeze
duck-shove
funk
abate
back out
run away from
skive off
wane
neglect
evanish
finalise
UK
become invalid
duck out of
wriggle out of
slide out of
withdraw from
become void
become obsolete
finish with
retire from
rule out
cease to exist
hang up
pass away
throw up
blow over
dump
close off
exit
abdicate
stand down from
hold back from
bring to end
disrupt
give something up
despair
lose heart
capitulate
admit defeat
be beaten
give in
concede defeat
spurn
come off
throw something up
depart
jack something in
give up on
disturb
give up hope
abandon hope
do
liquidate
turn aside from
be at an end
be no longer valid
cap
log off
discharge
accomplish
endure
dispense
clear
carve
isolate
extirpate
usurp
remove
delete
snub
exsect
sever
marginalize
US
extract
overlook
oust
excise
cut into
say goodbye to
break into
retreat
drop out
resolve
clean up
finish up
fold up
be put to bed
cut loose
button up
button down
put a lid on
shutter
clinch
keep away from
manage without
transpire
sunder
fold
antedate
tie up loose ends
be through with
come to the end
carry out
bring to fruition
come to a conclusion
round up
carry through
set the seal on
give notice
take out
marginalise
UK
cut dead
take away
give something a miss
slip away
be no more
fly by
put paid to
dispose of
switch off
wind something up
precede
pull the plug
preexist
predate
antecede
get shut of
get shot of
trail off
go by
tail off
curtail
divorce
jilt
skive
skirt round
pass by
miss out on
shorten
abbreviate
clip
abridge
bilk
desert
rationalize
US
backpedal
welsh
excuse
pigeonhole
sink
leave unfinished
stop cold
stop short
break short
stop in full flow
wither
subside
wilt
part with
part from
table
put off
reschedule
dust off
break with
forget about
debar
disband
turn your back on
eighty-six
write off
wipe out
moderate
weaken
recede
decay
lessen
decrease
diminish
mothball
put aside
hold over
back down
weasel out
get out
use pretext
have alibi
rationalise
UK
cop out
slacken
evanesce
degenerate
retrograde
deteriorate
crumble
bate
droop
put on hold
push back
lay on the table
put on back burner
count out
put back
take a rain check on
put in abeyance
file
procrastinate
inactivate
put on the back burner
hang fire
retard
pink-slip
put in cold storage
keep in abeyance
put on ice
lay over
protract
put on the shelf
hold in abeyance
disqualify
interdict
molder
US
dilapidate
moulder
UK
miss
shuffle off
estop
forestall
forbid
elude
forget
finesse
scape
run low
fade out
wear away
fall away
ease off
go down
grow less
go dead
go downhill
give the slip
body-swerve
not attend
let slide
scrimshank
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
deter
make impossible
ward
make impracticable
leave undone
lose sight of
play truant from
weasel out of
creep
skimp on
parry
dog
cheat
be lax about
be remiss about
lie down on job
fence
not attend to
shuffle out of
slough off
cop out of
bob off
bludge
pay no attention to
pay little attention to
frustrate
hamper
still
catch
hobble
staunch
hesitate
falter
waver
teeter
dither
balance
stagger
vacillate
wobble
scruple
wabble
limp
stumble
whiffle
draw up
bring up
be suspended
put a sock in
be broken off
shilly-shally
be abandoned
wiggle-waggle
blow the whistle on
draw to a stand
hang back
stand still
hold at bay
put a cork in
stem the flow
bring to standstill
fetch up
more ❯
“Thus they may be motivated to continue to sell drugs even as they
desist
from use because of the deterrent effect of bioassay screening.”
Verb
▲
To refuse or say no to
decline
refuse
reject
pass
dismiss
rebuff
snub
spurn
deny
repudiate
shun
abjure
forbear
forgo
renounce
avoid
disapprove
repulse
eschew
demur
reprobate
baulk at
demur at
knock back
pass on
pass up
say no to
turn down
abstain from
brush aside
balk at
refrain from
shy from
desist from
not accept
withhold from
opt out
refuse to take advantage of
look down one's nose at
opt out of
send one's regrets
shake one's head
give the red light
give the thumbs down
scorn
nix
negative
disdain
negate
repel
withdraw
protest
ignore
deselect
throw out
say no
turn away
brush off
dispense with
hold back
hold off
hold out
protest at
set aside
turn from
throw over
not budge on
send off
turn deaf ear to
jib at
draw the line at
not care for
turn one's back on
refuse to receive
give thumbs down to
not buy
abandon
give up
disregard
cold-shoulder
relinquish
disown
disallow
abdicate
resist
give someone the brush-off
forswear
neglect
cut
surrender
snout
stiff-arm
waive
yield
freeze out
put down
rebut
give someone the go-by
give the brush
give the cold shoulder
forsake
disavow
stave off
retract
beat off
renege
recant
fend off
disclaim
put off
cut dead
look right through
ward off
tell someone where to get off
cede
steer clear of
sacrifice
slight
abnegate
keep at bay
drop
pass by
keep at arm's length
hand over
delay
sneer at
ostracize
US
cast aside
discourage
cast off
ostracise
UK
veto
wash one's hands of
turn your back on
withgo
miss
fight off
deter
check
keep away
rebuke
parry
oppose
drive back
put aside
discard
turn your nose up at
keep at a distance
do without
kick
push back
keep off
desert
turn over
revoke
send away
sign away
disinherit
cut off
give something a miss
leave
not hear of
turn back
send packing
disacknowledge
give the bum's rush
have nothing to do with
send to Coventry
give the thumbs down to
turn back on
wash hands of
give a wide berth to
decide against
avert
deflect
withhold
sniff at
turn aside
hold at bay
obstruct
evade
discount
deny oneself
let pass
overlook
skip
stall
filibuster
not heed
reluct
miss out on
let go by
blank
contemn
jilt
turn up one's nose
look past
act cool
make unwelcome
forego
give a pain
give the cold shoulder to
give somebody the cold shoulder
refuse admittance to
give somebody the run-around
shirk
disgorge
fail to take advantage of
pass something up
not take advantage of
turn nose up at
sneeze at
scoff at
treat with contempt
look down on
hold in contempt
contradict
vacate
quitclaim
stonewall
step down from
withdraw from
bag it
deliver up
bail out
step aside from
gainsay
resign
refute
disaffirm
disconfirm
defer
remit
postpone
weasel out of
go back on word
renig
welsh
drop out
impugn
worm out of
stay
allow
remove
grant
shelve
table
suspend
prorogue
reserve
reverse
rescind
contravene
bilk
ditch
ban
concede
disprofess
blacklist
embargo
fight
dishonor
US
rat
turn
default
tergiversate
banish
flush
oust
dishonour
UK
cast
defect
apostatize
tergiverse
shed
lay aside
dump
hold up
bar
stay clear of
refuse to acknowledge
divorce oneself from
refuse to accept
beat back
force back
confront
drive away
foil
unsay
foreswear
repeal
black
blackball
body-swerve
stay shy of
fight shy of
keep away from
not touch
have no part in
shrink from
give a wide berth
shy away from
stand aloof from
look right through someone
keep your distance from
shake off
keep clear of
have no part of
recoil from
give the runaround
turn away from
leave alone
palm off
have no more truck with
wash your hands of
be against
break with
have nothing more to do with
fly in the face of
frustrate
debar
thrust back
prevent
duel
dispute
cool
stand off
traverse
refrain
abstain
proscribe
interdict
prohibit
outlaw
put to flight
see off
drive off
stay away from
impose sanctions
hold aloof from
withhold patronage
exclude
place an embargo on
ice out
shut out
strike
boycott
refuse to take part in
knock down
force off
chase away
give cold shoulder to
stand up against
reprove
chide
cross
tell off
lash out at
put in one's place
more ❯
Verb
▲
To briefly stop or interrupt an action
pause
cease
halt
hesitate
break
delay
discontinue
rest
wait
waver
adjourn
stop
deliberate
falter
interrupt
break off
hold back
drop
hang back
linger
mark time
pull up
reflect
shake
sideline
suspend
take a breath
tarry
let up
stop briefly
take a break
take a breather
call time
have a breather
take five
take ten
think twice
break it up
catch one's breath
come to standstill
put on hold
stop what you're doing
ease off
ease up
do less
slacken
release
abate
relax
slow down
relent
relax one's efforts
finish
stay
have a break
take time out
shut down
wind up
finish off
knock off
take time off
come to a standstill
end
check
quit
terminate
arrest
block
conclude
curb
impede
close
obstruct
frustrate
elapse
can
stall
bar
lapse
hamper
pass
determine
expire
go
still
die
catch
hobble
stem
belay
freeze
staunch
immobilize
US
balance
wabble
teeter
stagger
vacillate
dither
scruple
wobble
limp
stumble
whiffle
immobilise
UK
leave off
break up
cut off
cut out
desist from
dead-end
lay off
hold up
be abandoned
come to a stop
stand still
call it a day
wiggle-waggle
come to an end
put an end to
come to a halt
nip in the bud
come to a close
be broken off
be suspended
pack in
bring to a stop
close down
shilly-shally
blow the whistle on
hold at bay
wink out
bring to an end
put a sock in
put a cork in
stem the flow
bring to a standstill
bring to standstill
pull the plug on
come to rest
shut off
bring up
draw to a stand
cut short
give over
put a stop to
be over
fetch up
put the kibosh on
pack up
draw to a close
draw up
more ❯
Verb
▲
To diminish in intensity or severity, especially gradually
lessen
decrease
diminish
abate
dwindle
decline
moderate
shrink
contract
subside
fall
ebb
fade
grow less
let up
lighten
wane
drop
drop off
ease
erode
recede
relent
remit
slacken
taper off
attenuate
ease off
get less
grow smaller
tail off
de-escalate
die down
die off
drop away
flag
lower
pall
quieten
sink
taper
weaken
come down
go down
nosedive
peter out
plummet
slump
waste away
abridge
amputate
blur
clip
close
crop
cut
drain
drain away
fall away
impair
minify
phase down
ratchet down
soft-pedal
thin
become smaller
cut back
roll back
slack up
slow down
wind down
die away
die out
take the bite out
take the sting out
relax
slow
decelerate
slack
coast
stop
terminate
cool off
unlax
end
cool
subdue
quell
halt
dull
become weaker
cool it
fade away
chill out
come to an end
reduce
fall off
disappear
wither
plunge
deteriorate
fail
melt away
droop
decay
depreciate
evaporate
vanish
degenerate
ease up
go downhill
descend
soften
shrivel
dip
slack off
languish
slacken off
crumble
fizzle out
downsize
wear off
wilt
crash
dissolve
regress
dive
sag
alleviate
collapse
trail off
cease
mitigate
tumble
waste
become less
go away
go
trail
slide
deplete
downscale
decrement
disperse
take a nosedive
lag
minimize
US
emaciate
curtail
calm down
grow faint
die
wear away
grow dim
dim
retrograde
get smaller
nose-dive
withdraw
minimise
UK
dissipate
temper
lapse
deflate
dry up
rachet down
narrow
melt
run low
slip
atrophy
curb
check
disintegrate
condense
settle
run out
restrain
quiet
shorten
hit the floor
calm
depress
devaluate
constrict
pass
go into a tailspin
settle down
clear
finish
dent
bate
crater
wear down
narrow down
skid
worsen
faint
relapse
evanesce
make smaller
give out
rot
come to nothing
devolve
knock down
go through the floor
break down
get lower
rebate
compress
fade out
take a dive
come to a halt
release
lull
pass away
quieten down
falter
lose edge
make less
retire
abbreviate
devalue
grow weaker
squeeze
trail away
thin out
still
give way
totter
lose
slope
downturn
become weak
slake
tire
retrogress
fall short
return
vitiate
fall steeply
pare down
succumb
come to a stop
backslide
fall sharply
take a header
level off
break up
draw to a close
cave in
be no more
become lower
drop rapidly
disimprove
be reduced
get worse
tone down
go down the toilet
hit the skids
die on vine
go to rack and ruin
go to the pack
go to pot
go to the dogs
go down the tubes
slash
modify
cut down
tail away
loose
minimalize
be forgotten
ebb away
grow
allay
assuage
relieve
lose strength
lose intensity
clear up
disengage
slim
wrinkle
mollify
rescind
shape
elongate
modulate
decimate
peter
loosen
minish
sink into oblivion
disappear slowly
blow over
flow away
dampen
fall through
pine
weary
concentrate
truncate
telescope
extenuate
retrench
incline downwards
slant down
slope down
tilt downwards
give in
drop down
retreat
phase out
thin down
run dry
wizen
mummify
be on the way out
go downwards
impoverish
cripple
debase
tremble
limp
make less active
close out
lose courage
fall down
straiten
become less intense
lose its effect
lose its effectiveness
infrigidate
freeze
freshen
ally
frost
retrocede
compact
be gone
dispel
turn down
slim down
fall back
pull out
back away
drop back
tighten
grow worse
lose spirit
elapse
discontinue
constringe
capsule
capsulize
cease to be
exit
become obsolete
move away
go back
die away or out
die away or down
determine
expire
quit
conclude
take a turn for the worse
deprave
revert
corrupt
corrode
go to pieces
come apart at seams
scrimp
make narrower
become extinct
perish
back
retract
depart
move back
molder
US
dilapidate
moulder
UK
take in
lose ground
dematerialize
fly
flee
back off
move further off
gutter
get narrower
become narrower
etiolate
cease to exist
disappear from the face of the earth
break off
wind up
dead-end
leave off
wink out
go dead
pack in
draw away
draw back
flow back
hush
fold
deliquesce
grow feeble
pass off
rarefy
evanish
poop out
vanish into thin air
fag out
tucker out
become less loud
become unimportant
grow weak
drag
cheapen
buckle
scatter
spoil
flop
be giving up the ghost
be about to die
become moribund
have one foot in the grave
be breathing one's last
be approaching death
be on one's deathbed
be slipping away
be in extremis
pale
be at death's door
be on one's last legs
fall to pieces
become dilapidated
run to seed
pejorate
go to seed
bow out
hit rock bottom
reach depths
fall into disrepair
come apart at the seams
lose significance
decrease in importance
pale into insignificance
lose value
fold up
decrease in value
decline in price
hit the dirt
tip over
lose lustre
grow dull
be precipitated
become less dense
become less in number
become less numerous
clear out
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Verb
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To die or cease living
end
depart
die
expire
croak
decease
demise
drop
exit
fall
flatline
go
part
perish
succumb
abolish
exterminate
ruin
wane
check out
conk out
kick in
kick off
pass away
pass on
peg out
pop off
step out
run out
bite the dust
buy it
kick the bucket
give up the ghost
snuff it
depart this life
cross the great divide
go belly up
go the way of all flesh
shuffle off this mortal coil
pass
be no more
buy the farm
go the way of the flesh
be lost
cark it
go to the great beyond
bite the big one
pop your clogs
be killed
collapse
go to glory
cease
kick it
go bung
hop the twig
hop the stick
peg it
go under
meet one's end
breathe your last
pass over
cash in one's chips
go the way of the dinosaurs
meet one's maker
cease living
meet one's death
kick in [slang]
cross the Styx
push up the daisies
be six feet under
shove off
go to the wall
go west
call off all bets
cool off
buy a one-way ticket
deep six
meet your end
drop dead
be slain
be a casualty
lose one's life
be a fatality
wilt
meet one's Maker
run through
draw one's last breath
go to one's last resting place
fold up
cave
turn up one's toes
pop one's clogs
meet waterloo
go down
give way
give up
pack it in
cease to exist
faint
go belly-up
invalidate
swoon
strike out
up and die
cash in chips
meet your maker
flake out
sink down
keel over
fall unconscious
fall down
pass out
lose consciousness
go out
black out
decline
vanish
disappear
waste
be destroyed
OD
take your last breath
lose life
lose your life
suffocate
drown
relinquish life
rest in peace
drop off
farm
buy the plot
buy the ranch
punch one's ticket
cash in
go to one's reward
push up daisies
die a death
sack out
go to sleep
nod off
zone out
doze off
go out like a light
fall asleep
conk
suck the kumara
go to meet one's maker
breathe one's last
go way of all flesh
be taken
lay down one's life
hand in one's dinner pail
fail
fold
submerge
default
founder
surrender
sink
submerse
submit
go bust
bankrupt
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▲
Hesitate or be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
balk
US
resist
dodge
eschew
hesitate
recoil
evade
falter
flinch
quail
shirk
demur
disdain
jib
refuse to
scorn
shrink
shrink from
be reluctant to
be unwilling to
cramp
crimp
demur from
draw back from
flinch from
hesitate over
quail at
recoil from
refuse
scruple to
shy
shy away
shy from
draw the line at
hate to
jib at
not like to
take exception to
pull back
rein in
stop short
turn down
draw back
upset apple cart
retreat
shy at
pull up
baulk at
retreat from
stop short at
stop at
baulk
UK
avoid
turn away
sheer
refuse to contemplate
rebel
shy away from
show repugnance
pull back from
feel repugnance
duck
swerve
shun
escape
elude
back away
hang back
fight shy of
boggle at
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Verb
▲
Admit defeat
give in
submit
surrender
yield
bow
capitulate
concede
quit
succumb
blink
budge
relent
acquiesce
cave in
concede defeat
knuckle under
climb down
give way
abandon
cease
cede
collapse
comply
defer
deliver
despair
drop
fold
forswear
lose
present
proffer
relinquish
resign
stop
tender
waive
admit defeat
back down
bail out
bow out
buckle under
chicken out
cry uncle
cut out
give up
hand in
hand over
leave off
pull out
throw in the sponge
throw in the towel
accede
assent
agree
fall
accept
raise the white flag
backpedal
show the white flag
pack it in
bend
be beaten
concur
lay down your arms
buckle
say uncle
approve
come round
break
accept defeat
crumble
be overcome
go along with
eat humble pie
comply with
call it quits
consent
withdraw
do a U-turn
go down
retreat
fall victim
conform
crumple
go under
lay down arms
do an about-turn
give
wave the white flag
kowtow
agree to
acquiesce in
give up the struggle
give in to
soften
call it a day
chuck in
backtrack
back out
allow
let go
fall apart
back off
make concessions
be overwhelmed
knuckle
come apart
break down
eat crow
roll over
respect
adapt
toss it in
permit
put up white flag
subscribe
cave
okay
abide by
change your mind
fall to pieces
lay down one's arms
be overwhelmed by
concur with
resign yourself
obey
consent to
be overcome by
be conquered by
conform to
weaken
melt
reconsider
suffer defeat
be defeated
indulge
crack
admit
recant
become lenient
show mercy
observe
sanction
retract
truckle
give yourself up
endorse
take back
give ground
be conquered
topple
bless
suffer
admit you were wrong
hoist the white flag
act in accordance with
cooperate with
founder
row back
do an about-face
fall in
adjust
embrace
go
give the green light to
bow to
fall apart at the seams
eat your words
give the thumbs up to
accommodate
say the word
say yes to
assent to
cut a deal
come to terms
abdicate
yield to
turn in
implode
OK
accede to
accord
disintegrate
give the nod
heed
shake on
break apart
buy
give the go-ahead to
cringe
yes
ditto
go to pieces
lay down
submit to
toe the line
throw in your hand
tumble
be beaten by
play ball
pay homage
lose heart
stop trying
fall in line
vail
chuck it in
change
compromise
adhere
be submissive
resign oneself
bend the knee
humble oneself
surrender to
show white flag
give up hope
break off
halt
abandon hope
finish
call a halt
end
call off
give oneself over
fold up
cry quits
turn over
bow to someone
bow to something
give away the store
throw up one's hands
throw up the sponge
be servile
eat one's words
concede to
let
give permission for
say yes
sign off on
make a deal
subdue
subjugate
genuflect
sing a different song
have second thoughts
admit that one is wrong
retract one's words
bring to an end
give out
fall down
come down
slump
go out
topple over
subside
settle
shatter
sag
wilt
return
offer back
give back
break up
sever
come apart at the seams
do a volte-face
flip-flop
change one's attitude
change one's plans
about-face
change your decision
retrocede
turn back
double back
hesitate
vacillate
waver
renege
ratify
authorize
US
give one's permission
warrant
give one's stamp of approval to
pass
pass on
concur in
rubber-stamp
back
authorise
UK
grant
recognise
UK
give five
give one's leave
license
UK
mandate
recognize
US
adopt
espouse
validate
confirm
subscribe to
support
give the OK to
licence
US
ease off
ease up
give oneself up
cancel
balk
US
demur
cop out
recoil
fink out
lie down
pass into enemy hands
be destroyed by
be a casualty to
be smitten by
be overthrown
be vanquished by
be overthrown by
fall victim to
be defeated by
lose one's position to
be taken by
pass into the hands of
eat dirt
leave
entrust
consign
forego
honor
US
honour
UK
follow
play dead
wimp out
baulk
UK
beg off
go back on
back pedal
pull back
hold back
knuckleunder
fawn
be deferential
agree with
touch
unbend
mind
mollify
relax
disarm
sink
adhere to
keep
have no fight left
withdraw from agreement or statement
affect
forgive
move
be the loser
come off second-best
be bested by
fail
take orders
hold to
answer
do as you are told
do as one says
fulfill
US
do what is expected
come to heel
serve
act upon
do one's bidding
play it by the book
fulfil
UK
respond
goose-step to
get into line
do what one is told
keep to
play second fiddle
live by
do one's duty
hold fast
stick to
be ruled by
get in line
be loyal to
forbear
tumble down
tolerate
have mercy
sympathise
UK
have pity
become merciful
slow
give quarter
show pity
sympathize
US
be vanquished
be trounced
lose out
keel
brook
bow down
cast before
prostrate
kneel
grovel
abase
fall at feet
give one's blessing to
give one's approval to
roll over and play dead
accept tacitly
reconcile
jibe
go along
stand by
give the nod to
give one's consent to
let pass
give one's assent to
agree to something
allow something
be merciful
admit something
concede something
come around
cool it
lighten up
die away
mellow out
let happen
lay back
come a cropper
drop a bundle
get the worst
take a licking
have the worst
come up short
be worsted
crash out
take a beating
be humbled
come to grief
default
be taken to cleaners
meet one's Waterloo
be outdistanced
fall short
let it happen
change one's mind
go easy on
give some slack
ease up on
take a softer line
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