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What is another word for
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To cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
To let someone down by abandoning or neglecting them
To delay action until a particular time or event
To refuse to do something because one is too proud
To ban or refrain from using
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To cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
wean
stop
halt
cease
discontinue
desist from
quit
forbear from
break off
cut out
call a halt to
call it a day
give up
abandon
abstain from
leave off
knock off
pack in
suspend
desist
forsake
lay off
pass up
preclude
relinquish
renounce
resist
skip
steer clear of
belay
bypass
finish
keep from
stay away from
ax
US
axe
UK
back off from
can
check out from
drop
forgo
give over
hold off
pack up
pull out of
put a stop to
refuse
rein in
restrain from
shrink from
swear off
unaccustom
withhold from
call it quits on
detach
jack in
kibosh
put an end to
surcease from
eschew
avoid
abstain
do without
kick
forbear
go without
end
shun
refrain
forswear
pass on
dispense with
break
abjure
forego
reject
terminate
conclude
spurn
decline
surcease
deny oneself
leave out
keep off
leave alone
cut off
break up
repudiate
waive
shy from
not touch
wind up
call it quits
curb
check
intermit
skip out on
turn down
give something a miss
restrain oneself from
lay off of
bring to an end
shut off
let up
bring to a halt
stop oneself from
give a wide berth to
pass
evade
escape
disavow
yield
withdraw
ditch
sacrifice
sit out
resist the temptation to
prevent oneself from
get off
not give in to
pull the plug on
rebuff
dismiss
snub
deny
cancel
prevent
disapprove
close
interrupt
dodge
elapse
shirk
abolish
determine
knock back
restrain
reprobate
kill
scrap
pause
keep
cut
stay
get around
say no to
baulk at
fail
shake
prohibit
culminate
get rid of
kick the habit
dead-end
check oneself
be in want
fight shy of
have done with
have nothing to do with
balk at
do away with
quit cold
cut it out
wink out
knock something on the head
back out of
not continue
give the chop
not have
be deprived of
stop oneself
bring to a stop
do not
help
hold back
phase out
not accept
suffer deprivation
kick over
be without
be deprived
cease to indulge in
let alone
lapse
miss out on
hold back from
buck
expire
turn aside from
go hungry
go
die
stop doing
rest
give a rest
manage without
withhold
scrub
resign
intervene
disconnect
not do
call a stop to
separate
interpose
disunite
disjoin
dissever
part
bridle
omit
bag it
blow off
inhibit
restrain yourself
decline to
go easy
disregard
discount
close out
come to a close
close down
cut short
shut down
back off
die down
not do anymore
quit cold turkey
abort
nix
deselect
overlook
part with
say goodbye to
throw out
miss
negative
ignore
give the thumbs down to
not take advantage of
not heed
set aside
lay aside
resign from
leave
drop out of
sew up
get on the wagon
wrap up
hang it up
take the cure
pack it in
put off
manage not to
repulse
elude
demur
demur at
brush aside
disclaim
disdain
duck
abnegate
abdicate
avert
opt out
refuse to take advantage of
send one's regrets
look down one's nose at
opt out of
give the thumbs down
give the red light
shake one's head
gainsay
shy
disaffirm
finesse
scape
renege on
stay clear of
turn your back on
let well enough alone
weasel out of
have no truck with
shy away from
shuffle out of
keep clear of
stay away
sidestep
circumvent
steer clear
shake off
withstand
skirt
hinder
interfere with
head off
fend off
stave off
negate
make up for
get out of
nullify
obviate
ward off
neutralize
US
block
impede
counterbalance
break the habit of
arrest
neutralise
UK
counteract
anticipate
complete
come to an end
dissolve
bring to a close
adjourn
call a halt
round off
be over
round out
finish off
draw to a close
annul
scratch
call off
nip in the bud
wind down
disappear
withdraw from
vanish
come to a standstill
put the kibosh on
settle
consummate
come to a stop
put the lid on
retire from
take a break
end up
come to a halt
fade away
run out
recess
die away
desert
wrap
finalize
US
abate
sever
put paid to
finalise
UK
ultimate
cry off
bite the dust
stop dead
get done
top off
run its course
take a breather
forfend
bring to a standstill
peter out
die out
fizzle out
run down
bring to a conclusion
finish up
bring to an untimely end
repeal
revoke
rescind
shelve
fade
thwart
exit
curtail
delay
evaporate
prorogue
wait
freeze
eliminate
extinguish
stifle
liquidate
do
crown
dwindle
evanish
pull the plug
bail
chuck
depart
be suspended
break with
stop short
take five
move from
cease to exist
pull up
have a break
hang back
put on hold
bow out of
step aside from
pass away
blow over
finish with
have a breather
melt away
put a lid on
become invalid
go away from
take ten
clean up
put a period to
be through with
become void
come to the end
throw up
depart from
become obsolete
disrupt
relent
resolve
ebb
sunder
disturb
obstruct
cap
wane
suspend proceedings
give something up
clear
dispose of
switch off
detain
forlet
cinch
be put on hold
call
come off
get shut of
be at an end
be no longer valid
quell
immobilize
US
stem
turn back
keep back
suppress
subside
recall
get shot of
stand down from
draw to a halt
come to rest
renege
back out
ease off
ease up
fold up
be put to bed
cut loose
button up
button down
deactivate
immobilise
UK
evanesce
cut into
break into
be broken off
be abandoned
hold up
put a stop to something
stop trying
cool it
stop in your tracks
collapse
reach a standstill
rise
discharge
accomplish
retreat
drop out
bring down curtain
draw to close
put to bed
play out
throw in the towel
throw in the sponge
transpire
hold
stand
hold off on
quash
take time out
take time off
close off
bring to end
give notice
shutter
clinch
remit
forfeit
fold
go by
divorce
jilt
hang up
carry out
bring to fruition
come to a conclusion
cross the line
round up
carry through
set the seal on
avoid doing something
take the pledge
be temperate
trail off
go on the wagon
tail off
put on ice
postpone
stop midstream
tie up loose ends
go down the toilet
go out the window
go dead
knock it off
foil
be no more
fly by
slip away
put the stopper on
part from
intercept
dust off
forget about
eighty-six
write off
wipe out
secede from
stop cold
break short
stonewall
step down from
stop in full flow
leave unfinished
bring to a premature end
break away from
split with
delink from
sever relations with
bag
defend against
shut out
save
turn aside
keep from happening
hesitate
waver
vacillate
disaffiliate oneself from
dissociate oneself from
dump
vacate
discard
put a lock on
put a stopper in
bring to screeching halt
put chill on
break free from
take leave from
have nothing more to do with
falter
procrastinate
exclude
debar
be gone from
be done with
deliberate
stall
bar
brush off
bail from
break off with
walk out of
walk out on
clear out from
disappear from
run along from
cast aside
take off from
abscond from
escape from
cast off
exit from
set out from
absent oneself from
sideline
reflect
disqualify
interdict
hang fire
estop
rule out
forestall
forbid
sit tight
hang about
hold on
adopt Fabian tactics
hang around
think twice
make it impossible for
make it impracticable for
deter
make impossible
ward
make impracticable
stop briefly
call time
take a breath
stop what you're doing
mark time
come to standstill
catch one's breath
break it up
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Verb
▲
To let someone down by abandoning or neglecting them
fail
abandon
desert
forsake
leave
betray
disregard
neglect
ditch
reject
discard
relinquish
discount
jettison
dump
ignore
repeal
forget
renounce
abdicate
disclaim
quit
jilt
abort
disown
revoke
screw
disavow
drop
maroon
escape
rescind
abscond from
abstain from
bail on
break with
cheat on
disappear from
escape from
flee from
fly from
retire from
withdraw from
back out on
be disloyal to
be gone from
be unfaithful to
break up with
do away with
go away from
run away from
run out on
set out from
take oneself off from
turn your back on
walk out on
disillusion
disappoint
disenchant
let someone down
fail to support
leave stranded
fall short of expectation
stab in the back
leave in the lurch
leave high and dry
flee
evacuate
vacate
split
exit
do a disappearing act
take your leave of
exit from
bolt from
depart from
absent oneself from
depart
vamoose
flit
scram
go
embark
scoot
decamp
fly
make oneself scarce
run off
go from
go AWOL
make tracks
take off
clear off
cut and run
cut out
move out of
make off
pull out of
do a bunk
set out
decamp from
clear out
go away
beat it
skip
leave hastily
flit from
defect from
leave abruptly
bolt
skedaddle
scarper
retreat
run
withdraw
skidoo
break
hightail
scamper
head for the hills
turn tail
peel out
run away
beat a hasty retreat
beat a retreat
make quick exit
leg it
absent yourself
set off
make a getaway
hightail it
do a runner
fly the coop
make a break for it
make a run for it
run for it
take flight
make an exit
show a clean pair of heels
move
defect
emigrate
retire
elope
disappear
issue
cut
sally
abscond
vanish
migrate
disengage from
take a hike
go forth
say your goodbyes
pack your bags
walk away
take French leave
take leave
bog off
walk out
break away
head out
up sticks
sling your hook
slope off from
do a bunk from
hook it
stir
say one's farewells
remove oneself
check out
push off
say goodbye
ride off
shove off
slip out
part
move out
give the slip
step down
come away
start
pull out
run along
give the slip to
slip out from
take off from
vamoose from
make oneself scarce from
move out from
take a hike from
take leave from
clear off from
scram from
clear out from
part with
head off from
remove oneself from
break away from
set off from
head out from
say goodbye to
run off from
run along from
check out from
walk out of
cut and run from
more ❯
Verb
▲
To delay action until a particular time or event
hold off
pause
wait
defer
delay
hold back
postpone
hang back
hang fire
put something off
sit tight
take no action
avoid doing something
play a waiting game
keep from doing something
bide your time
hold your horses
lie in wait
stall
put on hold
keep your shirt on
fill time
be patient
waver
vacillate
dither
linger
hesitate
shilly-shally
falter
dally
teeter
haver
stagger
swither
wobble
dawdle
halt
temporize
US
scruple
wabble
put off
demur
temporise
UK
dilly-dally
drag your heels
lag
drag your feet
procrastinate
shy away
hover
be indecisive
hum and haw
fluctuate
oscillate
equivocate
hedge
alternate
stumble
be doubtful
ponder
be unsure
be uncertain
stop
pussyfoot
hang
seesaw
be hesitant
hem and haw
mammer
tergiversate
shillyshally
think about
dillydally
baulk
UK
debate
be reluctant
boggle
doubt
be unwilling
weigh
think twice
balk
US
pull back
sit on fence
flounder
deliberate
straggle
stay back
shrink back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
play for time
drag
adjourn
suspend action
prolong
kick the can down the road
tarry
retard
cool
goldbrick
stay
put off doing something
loiter
use delaying tactics
postpone action
be dilatory
poke
defer action
let something slide
protract
take a raincheck
be undecided
more ❯
Verb
▲
To refuse to do something because one is too proud
scorn
be above
refuse to
consider it beneath one
not lower oneself to
Verb
▲
To ban or refrain from using
boycott
ban
blacklist
embargo
bar
avoid
black
blackball
cut off
reject
shun
debar
snub
spurn
interdict
prohibit
proscribe
veto
outlaw
exclude
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
refuse
strike
shut out
withhold patronage
abstain from
pass up
place an embargo on
stay away from
turn your back on
brush off
cold-shoulder
pass by
have nothing to do with
ice out
impose sanctions
steer clear of
give a wide berth to
refuse to take part in
wash your hands of
hold aloof from
disallow
forbid
stop
banish
block
preclude
prevent
make illegal
enjoin
ignore
rule out
put an embargo on
restrain
inhibit
restrict
repudiate
expel
criminalize
US
illegalize
suppress
criminalise
UK
put an end to
freeze out
put a stop to
give the cold shoulder
omit
suspend
taboo
disclude
remove
obviate
disbar
censure
sideline
occlude
halt
disqualify
penalize
US
penalise
UK
cancel
keep out
throw out
blank
cut out
declare ineligible
leave out in the cold
thumbs down
declare illegal
officially forbid
send to Coventry
close down
impede
check
sentence
obstruct
hinder
discount
rusticate
disfellowship
lock out
deny access to
refuse to admit
leave out
evict
oust
shut the door on
eliminate
coldshoulder
except
hand someone the frozen mitt
leave in the cold
condemn
drum out
misdemeanorize
felonize
get rid of
force out
bate
give the cold shoulder to
consider undesirable
refuse to employ
estop
hit list
close out
count out
set aside
ward off
pass over
nix
negative
decline
dismiss
kill
disapprove
deny
pass
negate
quash
overrule
squash
discountenance
down
defeat
nullify
cut
dissent
turn down
shoot down
give the thumbs down to
pass on
rule against
give the red light to
put down
give thumbs down
declare null and void
not go for
refuse permission to
put the kibosh on
exile
cast out
excommunicate
rebuff
eject
scorn
bounce
forfend
out
disown
extrude
cast aside
kick out
turf out
boot out
turn out
drive away
drive out
drop
disregard
forestall
deprive
rout
disavow
disdain
abjure
unfollow
censor
chase
freeze
run off
leave off
say no to
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
slight
chase out
break with
drive off
swear off
other
dispel
push out
thwart
exempt
discard
foreclose
override
circumvent
shut off
shut out of
limit
neglect
avert
abolish
revoke
recant
give the brush
stiff-arm
turn back on
put paid to
close one's doors to
not consider
deter
forget about
desert
jilt
repulse
repel
abnegate
forsake
unfriend
despise
give someone the big E
cut dead
give someone the air
kick in the teeth
have nothing more to do with
bin off
give someone the push
give the elbow
miss
oppose
bypass
elide
bottle up
keep lid on
box in
hang up
put half nelson on
hold up
spike
jam up
pour cold water on
zing
cork
throw cold water on
lock up
tie up
stymie
pretermit
skip
overpass
overleap
declare taboo
shut down
put the chill on
say no
give something a miss
not bother
dispense with
let something slide
fail to include
fail to mention
take out
withhold
skip over
factor out
miss out
dislodge
expropriate
defenestrate
disentitle
give the bum's rush
show out
give the old heave-ho
chuck out
put out
force to leave
throw someone out on their ear
heave-ho
throw out on the streets
give the heave-ho
show the door
toss out on ear
heave out
send packing
expatriate
refuse admission to
stand in the way of
refuse entrance to
deport
eschew
repatriate
extradite
displace
transport
renounce
refuse to recognize
refuse to abide by
relegate
discharge
isolate
do away with
send away
shake off
extradict
expulse
see the back of
sequester
chase away
invalidate
countermand
reverse
overturn
disclaim
disacknowledge
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refrain from
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