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- Thesaurus|638
- Abbreviations|0
184 entries under verb topic. ×
| jump the gun(expression, idiom, shy, recoil) | |
| kick back(expression, phrasal verb) | |
| kowtow(hide, recoil, tremble, shrink) | |
| leap(shy, recoil, jump, bound) | |
| originate | |
| pare | |
| quail at | |
| quail before(expression, phrasal verb) | |
| refuse(resist, hesitate, recoil, cringe) | |
| retrogress | |
| run away(phrasal verb, cowardice) | |
| set back | |
| shrivel up(expression, phrasal verb) | |
| stand back | |
| step aside(expression, phrasal verb) | |
| stop short(expression, refuse, hesitate, recoil) | |
| to recede | |
| toady(hide, recoil, tremble, shrink) | |
| truckle(hide, recoil, tremble, shrink) | |
| turn(noun, shy, recoil, jump) |
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