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bow out

verb as in back out

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Both players were in tears as Federer bowed out of the game.

From BBC

She bowed out before any primary votes were cast, avoiding an embarrassing loss in her home state.

Speaking to political news outlet Politico, Harris aides also laid the blame at Biden’s feet and said he should have bowed out sooner.

From BBC

But the 81-year-old president stubbornly refused to acknowledge his physical and cognitive decline and didn’t bow out of the race until it was too late for the party to conduct a healthy replacement process.

He bows out as one of the most successful and popular drivers on the circuit and the golden boy of Australian motorsport.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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