let the matter drop
get off someone's case
come round
wind one's neck in
drop the topic
withdraw
grow some skin
abandon
give up
give someone a break
talk sense
part brass rags
dry up
toe dance
close up shop
get out of someone's face
bail out on
jib
hear the end of it
derepress
get off someone's back
peremptory
antipolitics
drop
oppose
build a bridge and get over it
desist
cut the crap
apostatize
bury the hatchet
interpose
butt out
urge
unmanage
toe-dance
leave someone high and dry
table
drop the gloves
fall away
cease and desist
kibosh
let alone
talk down
crap out
close the book on
detain
pull one's head in
keep at arm's length
give it a rest
battle out
button
throw in one's hand
nonconfrontation
step back
screw off
leave alone
kick into touch
cheese
waive
lay off
straighten out
cut bait
dig in one's heels
alibi
leave
dispute
take one's business elsewhere
hold
apostatise
prevent
lose
self-justification
get it out of my system
exculpation
excuse
stubborn up
tergiversate
dissentingly
disengagement
see the last of
sack off
contend
polemize
conciliate
come to grips with
get off one's high horse
skate over
polemise
quarrel out
litigate
antidebate
antibigotry
hold a grudge
polemicise
turn back
polemicize
unpersuade