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| have butterflies(verb, worry, avoid, fuss) | |
| jump a mile | |
| jump back(verb, withdraw, retreat, react) | |
| lose courage(verb, worry, avoid, fuss) | |
| make bones about | |
| make way for(verb, phrasal verb, avoidance) | |
| recoil from(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| shrink away(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| spring back(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| take fright(idiom, fear, tremble, quake) | |
| turn away(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| turn tail(idiom, cowardice) | |
| apple polish(hide, recoil) | |
| be a coward(idiom, cowardice) | |
| be cowardly(idiom, cowardice) | |
| be irresolute(idiom, fear) | |
| become afraid | |
| crouch down(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| curl up(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| double up(verb, phrasal verb) |
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