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retract: use a surgical instrument to hold open (the edges of a wound or an organ)

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unsay collapse

eat crow collapse

quitclaim collapse: act of transferring a title or right or claim to another; document transferring title or right or claim to another

overrule collapse: rule against; "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill"

disaffirm collapse

climb down collapse

abrogate collapse: revoke formally

swear off collapse: promise to abstain from; "I have sworn off cigarettes altogether"

repeal collapse

not admit collapse

gainsay collapse

rescind collapse

kiss good bye collapse

disavow collapse: refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

abolish collapse: do away with; "Slavery was abolished in the mid-19th century in America and in Russia"

retrocede collapse

not accept collapse

recede collapse: 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"

part with collapse

do without collapse

dispense with collapse: forgo; do or go without

disprove collapse: prove to be false; "The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories"

invalidate collapse: take away the legal force of or render ineffective; "invalidate a contract"; show to be invalid; declare invalid; "The contract was annulled"; "void a plea"

draw back collapse

forgo collapse: refrain from consuming; "You will have to forgo alcohol"

impugn collapse: attack as false or wrong

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

annul collapse

renege collapse: fail to fulfill a promise or obligation; "She backed out of her promise"

do away with collapse

take issue with collapse

back out collapse: move out of a space backwards; "He backed out of the driveway"

disgorge collapse

nullify collapse

disown collapse

revoke collapse: the mistake of not following suit when able to do so; annul by recalling or rescinding; "He revoked the ban on smoking"; "lift an embargo"; "vacate a death sentence"; fail to follow suit when able and required to do so

back down collapse

take back collapse: cause someone to remember the past; "This photo takes me back to the good old days"; move text to the previous line; in printing; regain possession of something; resume a relationship with someone after an interruption, as in a wife taking back her husband

countermand collapse: a contrary command cancelling or reversing a previous command

wince collapse: a reflex response to sudden pain; the facial expression of sudden pain; make a face indicating disgust or dislike; "She winced when she heard his pompous speech"

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