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withdraw , recoil , back out, retreat , give ground, compromise , admit defeat, surrender , give in, give up, backtrack, backpedal (slang), back off, beat a retreat, beg off (slang), cry off (slang), move back, pull out, renounce, renege, retract, recant, revoke, take back, weasel out (slang), yield , welsh (slang), potentially offensive

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