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Verb
Present participle for to retreat from something frightening or dangerous
Present participle for to feel or show fear or apprehension
Present participle for to retract or pull something back inside
Present participle for to show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something
Present participle for to pull (curtains) shut or open
Present participle for to pull out of, or cease to participate in, a deal, agreement or position
Present participle for to discontinue or no longer provide (something previously supplied or offered)
Present participle for to regulate or keep under control
Present participle for to pause in indecision before doing something
Present participle for to move or depart to another place
Noun
An act of moving back or withdrawing
The action of physically recoiling or jerking
… more ▼
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to retreat from something frightening or dangerous
retreating
retiring
withdrawing
recoiling
fleeing
shrinking
disengaging
baulking
UK
balking
US
retracting
pulling out
falling back
drawing back
backing off
turning tail
taking flight
giving ground
giving way
beating a hasty retreat
beating a retreat
shrinking away
moving away
backing away
receding
backing out
bolting
escaping
skedaddling
vamoosing
splitting
scraming
scramming
running away
beating it
running for it
clearing out
running off
scarpering
flying
taking off
decamping
leaving
skipping off
legging it
cutting and run
hooking it
making off
peeling out
moving back
running
departing
evacuating
levanting
quitting
showing a clean pair of heels
hightailing it
flying the coop
making a break for it
lighting out
heading for the hills
going away
doing a runner
cutting out
bugging out
doing a fade
making a run for it
making a quick exit
taking a powder
shrinking back
doing a bunk
backing down
shying away
regressing
distancing oneself
pulling away
making oneself scarce
moving out
going backward
drawing away
dropping out
cowering
crawfishing
stepping back
backpedaling
US
quailing
blenching
backpedalling
UK
losing ground
evading
breaking
going
vacating
folding
eluding
abandoning
going back
taking to your heels
making a getaway
clearing off
shooting through
going through
absconding
absenting yourself
doing a disappearing act
scooting
making tracks
exiting
getting away
going off
bailing out
pushing off
shoving off
hightailing
abstracting oneself
making an exit
disappearing
bugging off
taking it on the lam
getting going
setting off
sloping off
setting out
getting out
deserting
vanishing
moving
taking a hike
betaking oneself
bailing
upping sticks
getting
buzzing off
stepping along
lamming
running along
slinging your hook
walking out
parting
blowing
digging out
flitting
breaking out of
getting lost
packing off
pushing on
stepping on it
piking out
packing your bags
removing
packing up
saying your goodbyes
piking off
getting off
booking
scampering
hitting the road
peeling off
repairing
starting out
sallying forth
skipping
breaking camp
going out
slipping away
running out on
making a break
racking off
hitting the trail
adjourning
scatting
making quick exit
shunning
stealing away
taking leave
doing a moonlight flit
cutting loose
ducking out
getting under way
scattering
bogging off
making a move
heading off
pulling stakes
having it away
dashing off
stepping out
stepping on the gas
jumping
fleeing from
flying from
running away from
bolting from
abandoning ship
flying away
hiding
hastening away
making your escape
clearing
avoiding
running from
taking oneself
deserting under fire
running scared
turning around
making a U-turn
leaving in the lurch
walking out on
opting out
kissing goodbye
making a dash for it
dumping
leaving holding the bag
leaving flat
springing
running like scared rabbit
leaving high and dry
copping out
ditching
moving fast
shaking a leg
scurrying
hustling
making haste
whizzing
speeding
dashing
hastening
racing
zipping
making time
getting a move on
going like lightning
rushing
hurrying up
expediting
spurring
hurrying
darting
moving off
absenting
proceeding
starting
hitting the bricks
saying goodbye
migrating
emigrating
abdicating
going forth
trooping
advancing
setting forth
marching out
gitting
moving on
blasting off
sallying
moving along
hauling off
oning your bike
hopping it
avaunting
hurrying away
nicking off
getting along
going and jump in the lake
beating off
naffing off
sodding off
shooing
going jump in the lake
busting
slipping
breaking free
doing a Skase
making a escape
working out of
doing a vanishing act
taking on the lam
sneaking away
breaking away from
emerging
making
going scot-free
playing hooky
passing
bursting out
slipping through your fingers
breaking loose
getting free
doubling
eloping
breaking out
taking French leave
wriggling out
getting away with
going on the lam
cruising
making for
moseying
skipping out
ranging
making one's way
walking off
wending
more ❯
“Despite my initial curiosity, I had to
pull back
from exploring the abandoned house once I noticed the broken glass and eerie silence.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to feel or show fear or apprehension
quailing
flinching
cowering
cringing
recoiling
shrinking
blenching
faltering
starting
wavering
blanching
grovelling
UK
groveling
US
shying
squinching
wincing
backing away
drawing back
drooping
fainting
getting cold feet
shying away
showing fear
taking fright
having cold feet
shuddering
quaking
dodging
ducking
shrinking back
retreating
shirking
demurring
swerving
trembling
balking
US
baulking
UK
reeling
crouching
withdrawing
jumping back
shrinking away
falling back
backing off
reacting
quivering
shaking
shivering
hesitating
refusing
retiring
slinking
shaking with fear
hanging back
hiding
springing back
jerking back
starting back
recoiling from
flinching from
squirming
jumping
jerking
jolting
bucking
twitching
grimacing
turning
jibbing
scowling
gasping
pulling a face
making a face
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to retract or pull something back inside
drawing back
retracting
sheathing
pulling in
putting away
reeling in
drawing in
taking in
stashing
Verb
▲
Present participle for to show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something
rebelling
recoiling
flinching
shrinking
feeling repugnance
shrinking from
flinching from
showing repugnance
pulling back from
shying away
shying away from
baulking at
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pull (curtains) shut or open
drawing
closing
opening
parting
shutting
lowering
raising
drawing to
pulling to
flinging open
pulling shut
pulling together
pulling open
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pull out of, or cease to participate in, a deal, agreement or position
withdrawing
quitting
leaving
exiting
pulling
resigning
retiring
abandoning
disengaging
chucking
detaching
forsaking
seceding
backing out
bowing out
dropping out
pulling out
bailing out
absenting yourself
abstracting oneself
giving up
packing in
resigning from
stepping down from
getting out
pulling out of
stopping participating
stopping participating in
walking away from
withdrawing from
backing out of
receding from
backing off
bowing out of
scratching from
detaching yourself
disengaging from
Verb
▲
Present participle for to discontinue or no longer provide (something previously supplied or offered)
withdrawing
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
rescinding
revoking
repealing
annulling
nullifying
invalidating
abolishing
reversing
retracting
countermanding
dropping
quashing
abrogating
voiding
ending
terminating
stopping
discontinuing
disannulling
removing
dissolving
nulling
undoing
cutting
disallowing
lifting
setting aside
taking back
striking down
rolling back
rendering invalid
declaring null and void
calling off
rendering null and void
phasing out
taking off
drawing back
taking away
Verb
▲
Present participle for to regulate or keep under control
restraining
curbing
checking
controlling
suppressing
containing
inhibiting
stifling
repressing
constraining
bridling
smothering
moderating
regulating
taming
governing
holding
curtailing
dampening
cooling
measuring
keeping
gagging
ruling
staying
corking
restricting
stemming
killing
limiting
muzzling
straitening
reining in
keeping in check
choking back
keeping under control
bottling up
pulling in
holding down
keeping the lid on
holding in check
keeping in
boxing up
putting a brake on
reining back
keeping within bounds
bringing under control
keeping down
cracking down
sitting on
keeping in line
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pause in indecision before doing something
hesitating
wavering
vacillating
dithering
faltering
delaying
stalling
fluctuating
teetering
havering
staggering
pausing
swithering
wobbling
oscillating
halting
scrupling
dawdling
equivocating
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
dallying
wabbling
lingering
waiting
hedging
alternating
tergiversating
demurring
dillydallying
hovering
seesawing
pussyfooting
stumbling
deferring
deliberating
doubting
stopping
baulking
UK
balking
US
boggling
floundering
debating
hanging
mammering
pondering
weighing
shilly-shallying
dilly-dallying
humming and hawing
hanging back
thinking twice
holding back
hemming and hawing
shying away
holding off
thinking about
sitting on fence
Verb
▲
Present participle for to move or depart to another place
withdrawing
leaving
departing
going
exiting
retiring
retreating
decamping
vacating
removing
blowing
repairing
adjourning
receding
clearing
drawing
going away
taking off
going off
running along
bailing out
pulling out
making oneself scarce
getting lost
getting away
checking out
taking leave
taking a hike
betaking oneself
abstracting oneself
absenting yourself
backing away
drawing away
falling back
taking oneself
bowing out
secluding oneself
shutting oneself away
moving out of
retiring from
retreating from
Noun
▲
An act of moving back or withdrawing
retreat
withdrawal
flight
desertion
exit
fallback
retirement
abandonment
abdication
clearance
eviction
exiting
exodus
pullback
pullout
recession
departure
egress
evacuation
extraction
katabasis
vacation
disengagement
ebb
egression
leaving
marooning
secession
pulling out
pull-out
drawing out
moving out
escape
decamping
fleeing
disappearance
absconding
parting
decampment
departing
running away
break
going
getaway
leave
quitting
bolting
farewell
leave-taking
breakout
slip
outgo
going away
migration
lam
adieu
offgoing
emigration
hegira
evasion
passage
walking out
vanishing act
defection
rout
passing
separation
bunk
goodbye
outgoing
escaping
breakaway
removal
spring
flying
forsaking
beat
resignation
flit
lighting out
turning tail
break-out
running out on
bolt for freedom
withdrawment
expiration
dissolution
exeunt
diaspora
outpour
outflow
outpouring
gush
apostasy
split
journey
abscondment
mass departure
disunion
severance
setting-out
recourse
ebbing
going out
chicken run
breakup
vacation of a place
liberation
falling back
seceding
outbreak
extrication
splitting
disaffiliation
release
freedom
bolt
elopement
truancy
runaround
deliverance
sidestepping
emptying
springing
AWOL
rescue
running off
betrayal
depopulation
cowardice
unpeopling
tergiversation
elusion
going absent without leave
falling away
going AWOL
going back on
taking French leave
pull-out from
flight from
retreat from
departure from
exodus from
withdrawal from
clearance from
disappearance from
vacation from
bug out
escapement
vanishing
exfiltration
retreating
fugue
checking out
taking powder
hasty departure
leavetaking
congé
embarkation
expatriation
retiral
walkout
takeoff
withdrawing
start
going off
sailing off into the sunset
taking a powder
bow out
setting off
starting out
setting out
taking leave
setting forth
taking off
bowing out
relocation
movement
resettlement
travel
moving
immigration
voyage
wandering
shift
trek
exile
resettling
march
settling
transplanting
peregrination
crossing
displacement
colonization
US
reestablishment
uprooting
homesteading
colonisation
UK
moving abroad
settlement
entry
arrival
transmigration
transfer
posting
breaking away
run
roving
move
transhumance
Völkerwanderung
jailbreak
US
gaolbreak
UK
moving overseas
more ❯
Noun
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The action of physically recoiling or jerking
recoil
kickback
kick
rebound
jerking back
springing back
ricochet
bounce
reflection
return
spring
jerk
jolt
backlash
snap
echo
reverberation
comeback
repercussion
shake
bump
lurch
jump
start
jounce
rock
jar
judder
thrust
movement
jog
quiver
vibration
shot
shudder
joggle
quake
convulsive movement
sudden movement
abrupt movement
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