depart β When something or someone departs from a place, they leave it and start a journey to another place.
disengage β to release from attachment or connection; loosen; unfasten: to disengage a clutch.
drop out β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
eliminate β Completely remove or get rid of (something).
go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
leave β to go out of or away from, as a place: to leave the house.
pull back β the act of pulling back, especially a retreat or a strategic withdrawal of troops; pullout.
pull out β to draw or haul toward oneself or itself, in a particular direction, or into a particular position: to pull a sled up a hill.
quit β to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
retire β a movement in which the dancer brings one foot to the knee of the supporting leg and then returns it to the fifth position.
retreat β the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
abjure β If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it.
blow β When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
book β A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example.
detach β If you detach one thing from another that it is fixed to, you remove it. If one thing detaches from another, it becomes separated from it.
quail β a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World.
recede β to go or move away; retreat; go to or toward a more distant point; withdraw.
recoil β to draw back; start or shrink back, as in alarm, horror, or disgust.
secede β to withdraw formally from an alliance, federation, or association, as from a political union, a religious organization, etc.
shrink β to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
switch β a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
vacate β to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
back out β If you back out, you decide not to do something that you previously agreed to do.
bail out β If you bail someone out, you help them out of a difficult situation, often by giving them money.
bow out β If you bow out of something, you stop taking part in it.
check out β When you check out of a hotel or clinic where you have been staying, or if someone checks you out, you pay the bill and leave.
draw away β to cause to move in a particular direction by or as if by a pulling force; pull; drag (often followed by along, away, in, out, or off).
draw back β a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
ease out β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
fall back β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
get away β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
get lost β no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
get off β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
give ground β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
give way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
make oneself scarce β insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
phase out β any of the major appearances or aspects in which a thing of varying modes or conditions manifests itself to the eye or mind.
run along β to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
take a hike β to walk or march a great distance, especially through rural areas, for pleasure, exercise, military training, or the like.
take away β something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.