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Threw Spotlight On Antonyms

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back down
  • abandon
  • accede
  • acquiesce
  • admit
  • back off
  • back out
  • back pedal
  • backtrack
  • balk
  • beg off
  • bow out
  • cancel
  • cave in
  • chicken out
  • concede
  • cop out
  • demur
  • give ground
  • give in
block
  • bar
  • brick
  • cake
  • chunk
  • cube
  • hunk
  • ingot
  • loaf
  • lump
  • oblong
  • piece
  • section
  • segment
  • slab
  • slice
  • solid
  • square
conceal
  • beard
  • burrow
  • bury
  • cache
  • camouflage
  • cloak
  • couch
  • cover
  • cover up
  • dissemble
  • ditch
  • duck
  • ensconce
  • enshroud
  • harbor
  • hole up
  • keep dark
  • keep secret
  • lie low
decrease
  • abatement
  • compression
  • condensation
  • constriction
  • contraction
  • cutback
  • decline
  • declining
  • decrescence
  • depression
  • diminution
  • discount
  • downturn
  • dwindling
  • ebb
  • falling off
  • loss
  • reduction
  • shrinkage
discourage
  • abash
  • afflict
  • alarm
  • appall
  • awe
  • beat down
  • bother
  • break one's heart
  • bully
  • cast down
  • chill
  • confuse
  • cow
  • dampen
  • dash
  • daunt
  • deject
  • demoralize
  • deprecate
dissuade
  • advise against
  • caution against
  • chicken out
  • counsel
  • cry out against
  • deprecate
  • derail
  • deter
  • disadvise
  • discourage
  • disincline
  • divert
  • exhort
  • expostulate
  • faze
  • hinder
  • lean on
  • persuade not to
  • prevent
halt
  • arrest
  • break
  • break-off
  • close
  • cutoff
  • freeze
  • grinding halt
  • impasse
  • interruption
  • layoff
  • letup
  • pause
  • screaming halt
  • screeching halt
  • stand
  • standstill
  • stop
  • termination
hesitate
  • alternate
  • balance
  • balk
  • be irresolute
  • be reluctant
  • be unwilling
  • blow hot and cold
  • dally
  • debate
  • defer
  • delay
  • demur
  • dillydally
  • dither
  • doubt
  • equivocate
  • falter
  • flounder
  • fluctuate
hide
  • adumbrate
  • blot out
  • bury
  • cache
  • camouflage
  • cloak
  • cover
  • curtain
  • disguise
  • dissemble
  • ditch
  • duck
  • eclipse
  • ensconce
  • go into hiding
  • go underground
  • harbor
  • hold back
  • hole up
hinder
  • arrest
  • balk
  • bar
  • block
  • bottleneck
  • box in
  • burden
  • check
  • choke
  • clog
  • contravene
  • counteract
  • crab
  • cramp
  • crimp
  • cripple
  • curb
  • debar
  • delay
hurt
  • aching
  • aggrieved
  • agonized
  • all torn up
  • battered
  • bleeding
  • bruised
  • buffeted
  • burned
  • busted up
  • contused
  • crushed
  • cut
  • damaged
  • disfigured
  • distressed
  • disturbed
  • grazed
  • harmed
prevent
  • anticipate
  • arrest
  • avert
  • avoid
  • baffle
  • balk
  • bar
  • block
  • check
  • chill
  • cool
  • cork
  • counter
  • counteract
  • dam
  • debar
  • defend against
  • foil
  • forbid
recede
  • abate
  • back
  • close
  • decline
  • decrease
  • depart
  • die off
  • diminish
  • drain away
  • draw back
  • drop
  • dwindle
  • ebb
  • fade
  • fall back
  • flow back
  • go away
  • go back
  • lessen
refrain
  • burden
  • melody
  • music
  • song
  • strain
  • theme
  • tune
  • undersong
retreat
  • ebb
  • evacuation
  • flight
  • retirement
  • withdrawal
retrogress
  • degenerate
  • retrograde
  • revert
  • worsen
stop
  • bar
  • barricade
  • blank wall
  • block
  • blockade
  • break
  • break off
  • brick wall
  • cease
  • cessation
  • check
  • close
  • closing
  • conclusion
  • control
  • cutoff
  • desistance
  • discontinuation
  • ending
take
  • booty
  • catch
  • catching
  • cut
  • gate
  • haul
  • holding
  • part
  • proceeds
  • receipts
  • return
  • returns
  • revenue
  • share
  • takings
  • yield
take back
  • abjure
  • back down
  • backpedal
  • call off
  • cancel
  • change one's mind
  • eat one's words
  • forget it
  • go back on
  • have change of heart
  • recall
  • recant
  • reclaim
  • renege
  • repeal
  • repossess
  • repudiate
  • rescind
  • revoke
turn
  • about-face
  • angle
  • bend
  • bias
  • bow
  • branch
  • change
  • changeabout
  • circle
  • circuit
  • circulation
  • circumvolution
  • corner
  • curve
  • cycle
  • departure
  • detour
  • deviation
  • direction
withdraw
  • abjure
  • absent oneself
  • back out
  • bail out
  • blow
  • book
  • bow out
  • check out
  • depart
  • detach
  • disengage
  • draw away
  • draw back
  • drop out
  • ease out
  • eliminate
  • exfiltrate
  • exit
  • extract
withhold
  • abstain
  • bridle
  • check
  • clam up
  • conceal
  • constrain
  • curb
  • deduct
  • deny
  • detain
  • disallow
  • dummy up
  • hide
  • hold
  • hold back
  • hold down
  • hold out
  • hold out on
  • inhibit
yield
  • crop
  • earnings
  • harvest
  • income
  • output
  • outturn
  • produce
  • profit
  • return
  • revenue
  • takings
  • turnout
withdraw
  • abjure
  • absent oneself
  • back out
  • bail out
  • blow
  • book
  • bow out
  • check out
  • depart
  • detach
  • disengage
  • draw away
  • draw back
  • drop out
  • ease out
  • eliminate
  • exfiltrate
  • exit
  • extract
withhold
  • abstain
  • bridle
  • check
  • clam up
  • conceal
  • constrain
  • curb
  • deduct
  • deny
  • detain
  • disallow
  • dummy up
  • hide
  • hold
  • hold back
  • hold down
  • hold out
  • hold out on
  • inhibit
withdraw
  • abjure
  • absent oneself
  • back out
  • bail out
  • blow
  • book
  • bow out
  • check out
  • depart
  • detach
  • disengage
  • draw away
  • draw back
  • drop out
  • ease out
  • eliminate
  • exfiltrate
  • exit
  • extract
withhold
  • abstain
  • bridle
  • check
  • clam up
  • conceal
  • constrain
  • curb
  • deduct
  • deny
  • detain
  • disallow
  • dummy up
  • hide
  • hold
  • hold back
  • hold down
  • hold out
  • hold out on
  • inhibit
withdraw
  • abjure
  • absent oneself
  • back out
  • bail out
  • blow
  • book
  • bow out
  • check out
  • depart
  • detach
  • disengage
  • draw away
  • draw back
  • drop out
  • ease out
  • eliminate
  • exfiltrate
  • exit
  • extract
withhold
  • abstain
  • bridle
  • check
  • clam up
  • conceal
  • constrain
  • curb
  • deduct
  • deny
  • detain
  • disallow
  • dummy up
  • hide
  • hold
  • hold back
  • hold down
  • hold out
  • hold out on
  • inhibit
withdraw
  • abjure
  • absent oneself
  • back out
  • bail out
  • blow
  • book
  • bow out
  • check out
  • depart
  • detach
  • disengage
  • draw away
  • draw back
  • drop out
  • ease out
  • eliminate
  • exfiltrate
  • exit
  • extract
withhold
  • abstain
  • bridle
  • check
  • clam up
  • conceal
  • constrain
  • curb
  • deduct
  • deny
  • detain
  • disallow
  • dummy up
  • hide
  • hold
  • hold back
  • hold down
  • hold out
  • hold out on
  • inhibit

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