- Avoided voting - Refrained - Refrained from - Refrained from taking part - Refrained voluntarily - Sailor said ten characters went without liquor - Sinbad ate out but chose not to drink
- Battled (infection) - Held out - Is back in, rested, having put up a fight - Refrained from yielding - Relocated sister before journalist put up a fight - Stood firm - Stood up to