All recede synonyms
reΒ·cede
R r verb recede
- downing β a downward movement; descent.
- caving β the sport of climbing in and exploring caves
- go to pot β a container of earthenware, metal, etc., usually round and deep and having a handle or handles and often a lid, used for cooking, serving, and other purposes.
- lay back β to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- make oneself scarce β insufficient to satisfy the need or demand; not abundant: Meat and butter were scarce during the war.
- bankrupted β Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- ease off β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- draw back β a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
- offing β the state or fact of being off.
- dulling β not sharp; blunt: a dull knife.
- fade away β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- go south β fail, go bad
- diminish β to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- downed β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- flinch β to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant.
- give β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- outs β away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
- go to the dogs β a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
- dilapidate β to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
- fade β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- die out β If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely.
- fade out β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- back β If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
- break down β If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
- nutshell β the shell of a nut.
- cave in β If something such as a roof or a ceiling caves in, it collapses inwards.
- go back on β at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
- let it all hang out β to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- give way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- offed β so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
- bant β string
- exfiltrate β Withdraw (troops or spies) surreptitiously, especially from a dangerous position.
- fizzle out β to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
- mark down β a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
- get away β to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- change one's mind β to alter one's decision or opinion
- get lost β no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
- forget it β certainly not
- banted β to lose weight by practicing Bantingism.
- go bad β not good in any manner or degree.
- deescalate β To decrease in intensity or magnitude.
- die away β If a sound dies away, it gradually becomes weaker or fainter and finally disappears completely.
- ease out β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- de-escalate β to reduce the level or intensity of (a crisis, etc)
- die β When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
- ebb β the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- cool it β If you tell someone to cool it, you want them to stop being angry and aggressive and to behave more calmly.
- banting β slimming by avoiding eating sugar, starch, and fat
- dip β to plunge (something, as a cloth or sponge) temporarily into a liquid, so as to moisten it, dye it, or cause it to take up some of the liquid: He dipped the brush into the paint bucket.
- hit the dirt β to drop to the ground