Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase opposite of protrude.
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1. recede
 2. withdraw
3. sink
4. retract
5. subside
6. disadvance
7. never mind
8. pushback
9. rebate
10. receding
 11. recess
12. retracted
13. retreat
14. retreating
15. revel
16. abstract
17. back down
18. back out
19. backoff
20. beat back
 21. climbdown
22. draw back
23. fall back
24. pull back
25. pullback
26. push back
27. recant
28. recessional
29. recoil
30. recule
 31. refuse
32. regrade
33. resort
34. retirade
35. retrench
36. retrograde
37. retrude

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