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