| double back(expression, retreat, recoil, recede) | |
| draw | |
| drift | |
| duck(withdraw, retreat, react) | |
| falter(withdraw, retreat, react) | |
| flee(verb, go, withdraw, leave, recoil) | |
| flinching | |
| flinchingly | |
| give in | |
| go again(expression, retreat, recoil, recede) | |
| go backward(expression, retreat, shrink) | |
| grovel(verb, recoil, cringe, flinch) | |
| hang back(verb, expression, recoil, cringe, flinch) | |
| hark back to(expression, idiom, retreat, recoil, recede) | |
| hesitate(withdraw, retreat, react) | |
| huddle(verb, recoil, cringe, flinch) | |
| jerk(withdraw, retreat, react) | |
| jump | |
| jump back(expression, withdraw, retreat, react) | |
| kick(withdraw, retreat, react) |
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