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What A Hairline Sometimes Does

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verb

• pull back or move away or backward

• retreat

• become faint or more distant

38%6 Withdraw (as one's hairline does)
verb

• pull back or move away or backward

• retreat

• become faint or more distant

28%4 Area below the hairline
noun

• the back side of the neck

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