100 entries under recoil topic. ×

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duck(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy)
5
crouch(verb, start, worry, avoid, hide)
5
elude(verb, start, shy, cringe)
5
escape(verb, start, shy, cringe)
5
eschew(verb, start, shy, cringe)
5
evade(verb, start, shy, hesitate)
5
fall back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cringe)
5
shun(verb, start, worry, avoid, shy)
5
swerve(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy)
4
back away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat)
4
boggle(verb, cringe)
4
dodge(verb, withdraw, retreat, hesitate)
4
flee(verb, start, shy, cringe)
4
hesitate(verb, withdraw, refuse, resist, retreat)
4
shirk(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy)
4
shrink back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat)
4
spring(verb, withdraw, twist, retreat, shy)
4
tremble(verb, worry, withdraw, avoid, hide)
3
bounce(verb, shy, jump, bound)
3
bound(verb, shy, jump, shrink)
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