bow out of the running

To resign from a given competition or election. After the scandal became public, he was obliged to bow out of the running.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Aleksanteri	AH-lek-sahn-te-ree	Finnish
Brandee	BRAN-dee	English
Quirin	KVEE-reen	German
Hilaria	ee-LAH-ryah (Spanish)	Ancient Roman, Spanish
Deneb	-	Astronomy
Eli (2)	-	Hebrew