2
shirk(verb, start, slip, hide, steal)
2
shy away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, start, retreat)
2
totter(move, shake, tremble, quaver, vibrate)
2
withdraw(verb, start, recoil, cringe, flinch)
2
woo(verb, yield, submit, jolly, flatter)
1
ambush(verb, slip, hide, steal, evade)
1
apprehend(verb, worry, avoid, fuss, fret)
1
beg(verb, court, kowtow, creep, plead)
1
beg for mercy(verb, expression, idiom, court, beg)
1
beseech(verb, court, beg, kowtow, creep)
1
break out in a sweat(expression, idiom, worry, avoid, fuss)
1
brown-nose(verb, court, beg, kowtow, creep)
1
bulldozer
1
buller
1
case(verb, slip, hide, steal, evade)
1
cheat(verb, slip, hide, steal, evade)
1
couch
1
courtesy
1
cowardice
1
cringer
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