Verb
1. leave office
2. quit, step down, resign, withdraw
3. discontinue, stop, cease, give up, quit, lay off, withdraw
4. retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, move back, travel, go, move, locomote, recede
5. fall back, withdraw, retreat, pull away, draw back, recede, pull back, move back, recall
6. adjourn
7. withdraw, close, fold, shut down, close down, fire
8. give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate, pension off
9. discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away, withdraw
10. tire, pall, weary, fatigue, jade, put out
11. toy, fiddle, diddle, play, strike out
12. go to bed
13. turn in, bed, crawl in, kip down, hit the hay, hit the sack, sack out, go to sleep
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