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[1] |
discontinue
,
leave
,
depart from
,
stop
,
cease
,
go (away) from
,
get away from
,
give up
,
lay off
,
decamp
,
exit
,
desert
,
flee
,
forsake
,
abandon
,
(Colloq) take off
,
beat it
,
skip
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[2] |
resign
,
leave office
,
step down
,
give up
,
relinquish
,
resign
,
leave
,
renounce
,
retire from
,
withdraw from
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[3] |
cease
,
depart
,
take leave
,
stop
,
discontinue
,
leave off
,
desist from
|
[4] |
foreswear
,
renounce
,
relinquish
|
[5] |
drop out
,
give up
,
fall by the wayside
,
drop by the wayside
,
throw in
,
throw in the towel
,
chuck up the sponge
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