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What is another word for turn your back on?

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To abandon or disregard

To get out of a situation, usually underhandedly

To erase from one's memory

To renounce a legal claim to or responsibility for

To pretend to not notice someone or something

To ban or refrain from using

To shun or cast something aside

To destroy (typically close or beneficial) relationships, especially permanently

To abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study)

To cause to feel less close, friendly or caring

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Verb

To abandon or disregard

leave in the lurch

leave high and dry

wash your hands of

hang out to dry

give someone the big E

give someone the push

take your leave of

give someone the air

give up the ship

let someone stew in their own juice

take oneself off from

be unfaithful to

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“Accept this, and be not afraid to turn your back on what you were to become something else.”

Verb

To get out of a situation, usually underhandedly

pussyfoot around

be oblivious to

give the slip to

keep one's distance from

pay no attention to

take no notice of

turn a blind eye to

turn a deaf ear to

close your eyes to

not take into account

think little of

pay little attention to

look the other way

think nothing of it

fail to care for

be irresponsible

leave something undone

have nothing to do with

fail to look after

keep at arm's length

procrastinate over

throw to the winds

let something slide

keep your distance

be remiss about

fail to provide for

not trouble oneself

turn a blind eye

bury one's head in sand

find a way round

give a wide berth

outmanoeuvre^UK

give something a miss

give a wide berth to

throw off the scent

break away from

find a way around

find a way out of

avoid like the plague

give the runaround

slip through the net of

fail to deal with

slip through your fingers

find a loophole

keep out of the way of

extricate oneself from

sneak away from

answer evasively

tap dance around

escape the clutches of

lead on a merry chase

go around the barn

slip through the net

avoid answering

play truant from

lie down on job

be equivocal about

be evasive about

not give a straight answer to

beat around bush

beg the question

beat about the bush about

make a detour round

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Verb

To erase from one's memory

cease to remember

cease to think of

erase from your mind

take no notice of

think no more of

dismiss from mind

not worry about

stop thinking about

consign to oblivion

erase from memory

let bygones be bygones

put out of your mind

banish from one's thoughts

put in the past

draw a veil over

not give another thought to

repress one's memory of

throw cold water on

pour cold water on

treat with contempt

pay no attention to

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Verb

To renounce a legal claim to or responsibility for

divorce oneself from

refuse to acknowledge

wash your hands of

refuse to accept

have nothing more to do with

end relations with

give someone the big E

give someone the push

give someone the air

have no more truck with

fly in the face of

refuse to recognize

cut off without a penny

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Verb

To pretend to not notice someone or something

give someone the brush-off

give someone the go-by

give the cold shoulder

look right through someone

send to Coventry

pretend not to see

look straight through

give the bum's rush

tell someone where to get off

have nothing to do with

give a wide berth to

leave out in the cold

turn up one's nose

refuse to entertain

shut the door on

treat with contempt

hold in contempt

turn your nose up at

keep one's distance from

have no part of

give the runaround

have no part in

give a wide berth

stand aloof from

hand someone the frozen mitt

give someone the big E

have nothing more to do with

give someone the push

give someone the air

kick in the teeth

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Verb

To ban or refrain from using

withhold patronage

place an embargo on

have nothing to do with

impose sanctions

give a wide berth to

refuse to take part in

wash your hands of

hold aloof from

put an embargo on

give the cold shoulder

declare ineligible

leave out in the cold

declare illegal

officially forbid

send to Coventry

refuse to admit

shut the door on

hand someone the frozen mitt

leave in the cold

give the cold shoulder to

consider undesirable

refuse to employ

give the thumbs down to

give the red light to

give thumbs down

declare null and void

refuse permission to

put the kibosh on

give someone the brush-off

give someone the go-by

close one's doors to

give someone the big E

give someone the air

kick in the teeth

have nothing more to do with

give someone the push

put half nelson on

pour cold water on

throw cold water on

put the chill on

give something a miss

let something slide

fail to include

fail to mention

give the bum's rush

give the old heave-ho

throw someone out on their ear

throw out on the streets

give the heave-ho

toss out on ear

refuse admission to

stand in the way of

refuse entrance to

refuse to recognize

refuse to abide by

see the back of

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Verb

To shun or cast something aside

give a wide berth to

have nothing to do with

axe^UK

ax^US

change one's tune

drift away from

have no truck with

let well enough alone

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Verb

To destroy (typically close or beneficial) relationships, especially permanently

burn your bridges

end on a sour note

kick down the ladder

destroy relationships

cause antagonism between

sever connections between

drive a wedge between

set at odds with

sow dissension between

put on the outs

leave out in the cold

sever relationships

set at variance

destroy the affections of

make unfriendly

put at a distance

set against one another

cause disagreement between

pit against one another

set in opposition

make indifferent

withdraw the affections of

lose the affection of

distance oneself

set someone against someone else

create animosity

cause hostility between

cause to dislike

become estranged

go different ways

reach a parting of the ways

go separate ways

stop living together

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Verb

To abandon or discontinue (a course of action or study)

ax^US

axe^UK

bring to an end

pull the plug on

bring to a halt

bring to a close

knock something on the head

put the kibosh on

call it quits on

bring to a conclusion

bring to a stop

bring to an untimely end

give a wide berth to

throw in the towel

throw in the sponge

get on the wagon

restrain oneself from

resist the temptation to

stop oneself from

come to a close

quit cold turkey

blow the whistle on

bring to a standstill

draw to a close

stop what you're doing

take a breather

come to standstill

have a breather

catch one's breath

come to a standstill

bring to fruition

set the seal on

add the final touch to

add the finishing touch to

go through with

bring to maturity

put the last touches on

put the finishing touches on

put a period to

be through with

come to the end

become obsolete

stop in your tracks

reach a standstill

be no longer valid

put a stop to something

bring down curtain

put the finishing touches to

come to a conclusion

close the door on

close the books

put the stopper on

go down the toilet

go out the window

tie up loose ends

leave unfinished

bring to a premature end

stop in full flow

hand in resignation

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Verb

To cause to feel less close, friendly or caring

make unfriendly

drive a wedge between

set at variance

put at a distance

lose the affection of

make indifferent

withdraw the affections of

sever connections between

cause antagonism between

burn your bridges

set at odds with

put on the outs

leave out in the cold

sow dissension between

sever relationships

destroy the affections of

cause disagreement between

set against one another

pit against one another

set in opposition

distance oneself

keep at arm's length

set someone against someone else

create animosity

cause hostility between

cause to dislike

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