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| shrink(go, withdraw, leave, abandon) | |
| shrink back(expression, withdraw, return, retreat) | |
| start back(expression, go, withdraw, leave) | |
| turn tail(expression, go, withdraw, leave) | |
| vacate(go, withdraw, leave, abandon) | |
| wince(withdraw, retreat, dodge, recoil) | |
| backfire(withdraw, retreat, dodge, react) | |
| blench(withdraw, retreat, dodge, recoil) | |
| boggle(recoil, cringe, flinch) | |
| crouch(recoil, cringe, flinch) | |
| demur(withdraw, retreat, dodge, recoil) | |
| flee(go, withdraw, leave, recoil) | |
| grovel(recoil, cringe, flinch) | |
| hang back(expression, recoil, cringe, flinch) | |
| huddle(recoil, cringe, flinch) | |
| move away(expression, phrasal verb, go, withdraw) | |
| refuse(recoil, cringe, flinch) | |
| run away(expression, go, withdraw, leave) | |
| scruple(recoil, cringe, flinch) | |
| shrink away(expression, withdraw, retreat, dodge) |
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