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- Abbreviations|0
184 entries under verb topic. ×
| blink(start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| fear(bother, worry, avoid, stress) | |
| jump(noun, start, shy, recoil) | |
| duck(start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| crouch(start, worry, avoid, hide) | |
| elude(start, shy, recoil, cringe) | |
| escape(start, shy, recoil, cringe) | |
| eschew(start, shy, recoil, cringe) | |
| evade(start, shy, hesitate, recoil) | |
| fall back(expression, phrasal verb, recoil, cringe) | |
| shrink from | |
| shun(start, worry, avoid, shy) | |
| swerve(start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| back away(expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) | |
| boggle(recoil, cringe) | |
| dodge(withdraw, retreat, hesitate, recoil) | |
| flee(start, shy, recoil, cringe) | |
| hesitate(withdraw, refuse, resist, retreat) | |
| shirk(start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| shrink back(expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) |
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