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What is another word for
turning your back on
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Present participle for to abandon or disregard
Present participle for to get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
Present participle for to erase from one's memory
Present participle for to renounce a legal claim to or responsibility for
Present participle for to pretend to not notice someone or something
Present participle for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
Present participle for to ban or refrain from using
Present participle for to shun or cast something aside
Present participle for to destroy (typically close or beneficial) relationships, especially permanently
Present participle for to cause to feel less close, friendly or caring
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Present participle for to abandon or disregard
abandoning
deserting
forsaking
ignoring
disregarding
snubbing
leaving behind
putting behind you
ditching
leaving
jilting
breaking with
casting aside
casting off
dumping
abdicating
dropping
running out on
walking out on
washing your hands of
disowning
marooning
withdrawing from
leaving in the lurch
kissing goodbye
leaving high and dry
binning off
discarding
renouncing
quitting
disavowing
breaking up with
stranding
giving up
leaving hanging
hanging out to dry
letting go of
axing
betraying
rejecting
relinquishing
jettisoning
disclaiming
running away from
throwing over
leaving stranded
giving someone the push
cutting off
repudiating
walking away from
backing out of
giving someone the big E
walking away
neglecting
repealing
revoking
screwing
aborting
rescinding
retiring from
abstaining from
going away from
doing away with
abjuring
sacrificing
turning back on
forgoing
running away
divorcing oneself from
cutting loose
yielding
giving someone the air
having nothing more to do with
scrubbing
dispensing with
desisting from
surrendering
giving the elbow
kicking
having done with
shunning
ending relations with
scrapping
chucking
showing the door
spurning
taking your leave of
departing from
resigning
ratting on
leaving flat
flying the coop
legging it
chickening out
letting someone stew in their own juice
giving up the ship
bowing out
bailing out
taking a powder
storming out
pulling out of
flaking out
copping out
disposing of
dropping out
taking a walk
orphaning
opting out of
setting aside
stopping using
withdrawing
forswearing
reneging on
junking
stopping having
changing one's tune
disacknowledging
refusing to recognize
disinheriting
cutting off without a penny
abnegating
refusing to acknowledge
sending packing
laying off of
knocking off
parting from
leaving off
calling off
breaking
scratching
crying off
parting with
shaking
stopping
halting
laying off
packing up
canceling
US
shelving
breaking up
terminating
giving over
resigning from
ceasing
interrupting
eighty-sixing
remitting
ending
dusting off
packing in
cutting out
shutting off
divorcing
forfeiting
discontinuing
writing off
finishing with
forgetting about
wiping out
cancelling
UK
breaking off
throwing up
discounting
forgetting
escaping
bailing on
cheating on
fleeing from
escaping from
refraining from
disappearing from
absconding from
flying from
taking oneself off from
backing out on
setting out from
failing
exiting
stepping down from
breaking off with
blowing off
kissing off
leaving someone holding the baby
beaching
retiring
casting away
disengaging
bowing out of
stopping participating in
getting out of
getting rid of
giving the heave-ho
abstracting oneself
pulling out
getting out
backing out
bailing out on
casting ashore
splitting up with
forbearing
trapping
going
brushing off
shedding
stopping going out with
giving notice to
splitting from
leaving holding the bag
leaving helpless
leaving in trouble
leaving in a lurch
leaving all alone
isolating
disappointing
disillusioning
leaving alone
making an orphan
leaving parentless
pulling
disenchanting
leaving isolated
coquetting
stopping participating
detaching yourself
absenting yourself
seceding
receding from
disengaging from
scratching from
detaching
backing off
pulling back
letting someone down
leaving at the altar
turning down
doing the dirty on
splitting up
walking out
giving the old heave-ho
stabbing in the back
falling short of expectation
failing to support
bailing
demitting
moving from
bagging
opting out
calling it a day
making one's exit
giving something a miss
chucking in
throwing in the sponge
jacking in
throwing in the towel
wriggling out
taking the count
stepping aside from
dropping out of
calling it quits
more ❯
“Accept this, and be not afraid to
turn your back on
what you were to become something else.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
avoiding
evading
dodging
escaping
shirking
brushing off
sidestepping
skirting
bypassing
dancing around
discounting
disregarding
ducking
eluding
ignoring
neglecting
overlooking
shying from
wriggling out of
dispensing with
getting around
pussyfooting around
running away from
shaking
skirting round
tergiversating
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
copping out of
fending off
funking
getting out of
giving the slip to
going around
keeping one's distance from
laying low from
paying no attention to
paying no heed to
paying no mind
shaking off
taking no notice of
tuning out
turning a blind eye to
turning back on
unheeding
unminding
declining
ducking out of
finessing
scaping
shirking from
shuffling out of
keeping off
running away
shutting eyes to
turning a deaf ear to
paying little attention to
not caring
thinking little of
shunning
eschewing
circumventing
steering clear of
bilking
getting away from
cutting
escaping from
giving the slip
skiving off
missing
parrying
cheating
losing
skiving
fleeing
shucking
ditching
shying
flying
leaving behind
sliding out of
backing out of
giving a wide berth
finding a way out of
giving the runaround
beating
shortcutting
juking
giving something a miss
fighting shy of
short-circuiting
keeping clear of
staying clear of
frustrating
finding a way round
outrunning
pulling out of
giving a wide berth to
tricking
outwitting
doubling
thwarting
foiling
running from
balking
US
quitting
fencing
baulking
UK
baffling
forgetting
bludging
dogging
slipping away from
getting away
running around
slipping through the net
slipping through your fingers
staying shy of
throwing off the scent
keeping out of the way of
breaking away from
sneaking away
slipping out
staying away from
skimping on
shrinking from
keeping at arm's length
escaping the clutches of
slipping through the net of
keeping your distance
leading on a merry chase
leaving something undone
letting something slide
losing sight of
lying down on job
shuffling off
playing truant from
sloughing off
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to erase from one's memory
forgetting
abandoning
bypassing
dropping
blanking out
shutting out
burying
discounting
skipping
brushing off
ceasing to remember
laying aside
blanking over
ceasing to think of
erasing from your mind
having done with
putting away
setting aside
shrugging off
taking no notice of
thinking no more of
dismissing from mind
getting over
paying no heed to
putting behind you
slurring over
stopping thinking about
consigning to oblivion
erasing from memory
letting bygones be bygones
putting out of your mind
putting in the past
drawing a veil over
blotting out
ignoring
disregarding
neglecting
denying
suppressing
blocking out
rejecting
spurning
repudiating
dismissing
refusing
erasing
repressing
wiping out
rebuffing
overlooking
throwing cold water on
playing down
pooh-poohing
brushing aside
waving aside
putting aside
treating with contempt
pouring cold water on
dispelling
banishing
discarding
shelving
flouting
despising
scouting
relegating
laughing away
kissing off
glossing over
writing off
paying no attention to
passing over
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to renounce a legal claim to or responsibility for
disclaiming
renouncing
relinquishing
abandoning
repudiating
abjuring
disavowing
disowning
abnegating
forswearing
discarding
denying
abdicating
retracting
reneging
refusing
revoking
recanting
declining
contravening
giving up
casting off
divorcing oneself from
refusing to acknowledge
washing your hands of
refusing to accept
turning back on
rejecting
spurning
negativing
disapproving
passing
reprobating
nixing
rebuffing
forsaking
deselecting
deserting
eschewing
dumping
shedding
surrendering
ousting
disprofessing
disacknowledging
disinheriting
rescinding
banishing
balking at
casting aside
turning down
having no more truck with
not wanting
cutting off
not accepting
defecting from
flying in the face of
breaking with
throwing over
throwing out
laying aside
passing up
having nothing more to do with
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to pretend to not notice someone or something
ignoring
snubbing
shunning
slighting
spurning
disdaining
rebuffing
scorning
blanking
cutting
stiffing
cold-shouldering
cutting dead
looking past
freezing out
giving someone the brush-off
giving someone the go-by
giving the cold shoulder
pooh-poohing
steering clear of
knocking back
sending to Coventry
stiff-arming
ostracizing
US
avoiding
snouting
ostracising
UK
pretending not to see
giving the brush
looking straight through
giving the bum's rush
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disregard as unimportant or insignificant
ignoring
disregarding
overlooking
missing
discounting
neglecting
overpassing
skipping
bypassing
misheeding
unheeding
whitewashing
avoiding
conniving
evading
excluding
forgetting
omitting
rejecting
slighting
unminding
brushing aside
glossing over
passing over
paying no heed to
pushing aside
shrugging off
blinking at
brushing off
dispensing with
glozing over
looking the other way
looking through
papering over
paying no attention to
tuning out
winking at
failing to notice
letting it go
paying no mind to
shutting eyes to
slurring over
taking no notice
turning back on
turning blind eye
turning deaf ear
closing your eyes to
leaving be
not taking into account
taking no notice of
turning a blind eye
burying one's head in sand
turning a blind eye to
turning a deaf ear to
not listening
flouting
snubbing
shirking
abandoning
dismissing
forsaking
deferring
contemning
discarding
pretermitting
deserting
procrastinating
scanting
depreciating
eliding
underestimating
postponing
overleaping
leaving something undone
paying no mind
setting aside
letting pass
skimping on
not caring for
losing sight of
leaving alone
thinking little of
letting go
procrastinating over
letting something slide
failing to look after
passing up
paying little attention to
not caring
keeping your distance
trifling with
laughing off
failing to provide for
throwing to the winds
failing to care for
having nothing to do with
keeping at arm's length
not troubling oneself
making light of
living with
taking no account of
excusing
forgiving
pardoning
remitting
brushing away
blanking
condoning
cold-shouldering
writing off
sparing
burying
sinking
stomaching
taking
turning a deaf ear
letting off easy
leaving out of account
sending to Coventry
deliberately ignoring
putting up with
swimming with the tide
turning blind eye to
letting someone off with
grinning and bear it
wiping slate clean
bearing with
conniving at
making allowances for
standing for
going along with
playing past
looking past
letting bygones be bygones
rolling with punches
letting something ride
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to ban or refrain from using
boycotting
banning
blacklisting
embargoing
barring
avoiding
blacking
blackballing
cutting off
rejecting
shunning
debarring
snubbing
spurning
interdicting
prohibiting
proscribing
vetoing
outlawing
excluding
ostracising
UK
ostracizing
US
refusing
striking
shutting out
withholding patronage
abstaining from
passing up
placing an embargo on
refraining from
staying away from
brushing off
cold-shouldering
passing by
having nothing to do with
icing out
imposing sanctions
steering clear of
giving a wide berth to
refusing to take part in
washing your hands of
holding aloof from
Verb
▲
Present participle for to shun or cast something aside
abdicating
forsaking
repudiating
abandoning
avoiding
rejecting
spurning
shunning
disowning
shirking
refusing
deserting
steering clear of
giving a wide berth to
having nothing to do with
shying away from
staying clear of
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
turning back on
casting aside
opting out
eluding
abjuring
forgoing
renouncing
forswearing
relinquishing
sacrificing
disavowing
abnegating
abstaining
dropping
disdaining
ducking
escaping
kicking
denying
disclaiming
dodging
evading
refraining from
refraining
shaking
shying
gainsaying
scaping
disaffirming
finessing
eschewing
giving up
abstaining from
reneging on
dispensing with
letting well enough alone
not touching
shuffling out of
packing in
fighting shy of
keeping clear of
jacking in
swearing off
getting around
having no truck with
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to destroy (typically close or beneficial) relationships, especially permanently
burning your bridges
estranging
disgruntling
kicking down the ladder
making hostile
causing antagonism between
severing connections between
driving away
driving a wedge between
setting at odds with
sowing dissension between
dividing
disunifying
pushing away
disuniting
divorcing
antagonizing
US
disaffecting
distancing
isolating
setting at variance
alienating
losing
dissatisfying
making unfriendly
destroying the affections of
putting on the outs
aliening
turning off
splitting
keeping apart
antagonising
UK
putting at a distance
leaving out in the cold
breaking up
setting against
separating
turning away
souring
driving apart
disenchanting
disillusioning
setting at odds
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to feel less close, friendly or caring
alienating
estranging
dividing
disaffecting
separating
disgruntling
disuniting
distancing
divorcing
severing
parting
detaching
isolating
souring
aliening
weaning
driving apart
setting against
setting at odds
turning away
setting apart
making hostile
cutting off
making unfriendly
driving a wedge between
sowing dissension
setting at variance
coming between
pushing away
keeping apart
putting at a distance
turning off
breaking off
losing the affection of
making indifferent
withdrawing the affections of
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