keep away from others | prevent completion |
remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract | stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments |
make a retreat from an earlier commitment or activity | hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of |
take back what one has said | seize on its way |
release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles | render unsuitable for passage |
lose interest | come to a halt, stop moving |
pull back or move away or backward | cause to end |
remove (a commodity) from (a supply source) | interrupt a trip |
cause to be returned | stop from happening or developing |
break from a meeting or gathering | put an end to a state or an activity |
withdraw from active participation | have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical |
retire gracefully | |