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43 entries under expression topic. ×
| recoil from(verb, phrasal verb, reject, scorn) | |
| shudder at(verb, phrasal verb, reject, scorn) | |
| shy away(verb, stick, pause, falter) | |
| sit on fence(verb, idiom, pause, falter) | |
| think about(verb, phrasal verb, stop, pause) | |
| think twice(verb, pause, hesitate, falter) | |
| think twice about(verb, idiom, phrasal verb, stick) | |
| balk at(avoid, shun, shirk) | |
| dislike intensely(avoid, shun, shirk) | |
| drag your feet(verb, idiom, hesitate, linger) | |
| drop back(verb, stick, pause, trail) | |
| eat heart out(idiom, envy) | |
| express doubts(object, protest, balk) | |
| feel aversion toward(idiom, avoid, shun, shirk) | |
| feel hostility toward(idiom, avoid, shun, shirk) | |
| feel repugnance toward(idiom, avoid, shun, shirk) | |
| have aversion to(verb, idiom, scorn, shun) | |
| having no use for(verb, idiom, curse, disapprove) | |
| hold against(verb, mind, resent) | |
| raise objections(object, protest, balk) |
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