- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|797
- Abbreviations|0
60 entries under shrink topic. ×
| toady(verb, support, yield, hide, submit) | |
| dodge(verb, withdraw, retreat, recoil) | |
| duck(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| quiver(verb, recoil, tremble, flinch) | |
| withdraw(verb, start, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| brownnose(verb, phrasal verb, support, yield, informal) | |
| eat dirt(verb, expression, recoil, court, beg) | |
| blink(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| pull back(verb, expression, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| reel(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| resile(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| shy away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, start, withdraw) | |
| skulk(verb, hide, recoil, tremble) | |
| sneak(verb, hide, recoil, tremble) | |
| swerve(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| back off(verb, expression, retreat, shy, hesitate) | |
| backfire(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| balk(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| blanch(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| carom(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
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