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All recede synonyms

reΒ·cede
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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
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