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Exact Match:

recede: become faint or more distant; "the unhappy memories of her childhood receded as she grew older"; move back and away from; "The enemy fell back"

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drift away collapse

die down collapse: become progressively weaker; "the laughter died down"

move away collapse

fall behind collapse

stand off collapse

recidivate collapse

retrocede collapse

slip back collapse

backslide collapse

revert collapse: undergo reversion, as in a mutation; go back to a previous state; "We reverted to the old rules"

retrogress collapse

zoom collapse: move along very quickly; move with a low humming noise

flinch collapse: draw back, as with fear or pain; "she flinched when they showed the slaughtering of the calf"

lose ground collapse

go away collapse

retrograde collapse: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma; moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth; going from better to worse; go back over; "retrograde arguments"; move back; "The glacier retrogrades"; move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"; move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

relapse collapse: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

die away collapse

peter out collapse

regress collapse: the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence; get worse or fall back to a previous condition; go back to a statistical means

dwindle collapse: become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

subside collapse: wear off or die down; "The pain subsided"; sink down or precipitate; "the mud subsides when the waters become calm"; sink to a lower level or form a depression; "the valleys subside"

pull back collapse: pull back the sling of (a bow); "The archers were drawing their bows"; move to a rearward position; pull towards the back; "Pull back your arms!"

retroflex collapse: bent or curved backward; articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate; "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"; bend or turn backward

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