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to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another soldiers defected from the rebel army en masse as the failure of their cause became apparent Synonyms desert, rat (on) Related Words abandon, abdicate, abjure, apostatize, cut off, disown, forsake, quit, reject, renounce, repudiate, spurn; renege; depart, go, leave, withdraw Phrases go back on, jump ship, run out on, walk out on Near Antonyms adhere (to), cling (to), stick (to or with); cherish, cultivate, foster
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