Leave the beach? (3)

I believe the answer is:

ebb

(Other definitions for ebb that I've seen before include "Withdraw heartless" , "Outward flow of the tide" , "recession" , "(Sea) recede" , "state of decline" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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