Phrasal verbs meaning stop being consistent in doing something?
I would like to know some commonly-used phrasal verbs referring to the action of stop being consistent in doing something. A phrasal verb that sounds natural and can be used in the following context.
e.g. I started to work out four times a week last spring, I was doing great,but I (gradually stopped doing so) lately.
Thanks for your help!
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I would like to know some commonly-used phrasal verbs referring to the action of stop being consistent in doing something. A phrasal verb that sounds natural and can be used in the following context.
e.g. I started to work out four times a week last spring, I was doing great,but I (gradually stopped doing so) lately.
Thanks for your help!
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I would like to know some commonly-used phrasal verbs referring to the action of stop being consistent in doing something. A phrasal verb that sounds natural and can be used in the following context.
e.g. I started to work out four times a week last spring, I was doing great,but I (gradually stopped doing so) lately.
Thanks for your help!
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I would like to know some commonly-used phrasal verbs referring to the action of stop being consistent in doing something. A phrasal verb that sounds natural and can be used in the following context.
e.g. I started to work out four times a week last spring, I was doing great,but I (gradually stopped doing so) lately.
Thanks for your help!
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There are so many:
Stay away from
Get out of
Duck out of/Wriggle out of/ flinch from/ abstain from and refrain from.
Any one will do. But if you are still in the process, write
Cut down
Bring down
Shave off
Whittle away.
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There are so many:
Stay away from
Get out of
Duck out of/Wriggle out of/ flinch from/ abstain from and refrain from.
Any one will do. But if you are still in the process, write
Cut down
Bring down
Shave off
Whittle away.
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There are so many:
Stay away from
Get out of
Duck out of/Wriggle out of/ flinch from/ abstain from and refrain from.
Any one will do. But if you are still in the process, write
Cut down
Bring down
Shave off
Whittle away.
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There are so many:
Stay away from
Get out of
Duck out of/Wriggle out of/ flinch from/ abstain from and refrain from.
Any one will do. But if you are still in the process, write
Cut down
Bring down
Shave off
Whittle away.
There are so many:
Stay away from
Get out of
Duck out of/Wriggle out of/ flinch from/ abstain from and refrain from.
Any one will do. But if you are still in the process, write
Cut down
Bring down
Shave off
Whittle away.
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