86 entries under shrink topic. ×
| quiver(verb, wince) | |
| shrink away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) | |
| surrender(withdraw, abandon, yield, admit, retreat) | |
| turn away(verb, expression, withdraw, retreat) | |
| yield(noun, withdraw, abandon, surrender, admit) | |
| apple-polish(verb, hide, tremble, cringe) | |
| backpedal(withdraw, yield) | |
| bolt(verb, start, shy, jump, bound) | |
| bootlick(verb, hide, tremble, cringe) | |
| brownnose(verb, hide, tremble, cringe) | |
| crawfish | |
| crouch(verb, start, hide, tremble) | |
| dart(verb, shy, jump, bound) | |
| eat dirt(expression, wince) | |
| go backward(expression, retreat) | |
| honey(verb, hide, tremble, cringe) | |
| jump the gun(verb, expression, idiom, shy, jump) | |
| kneel | |
| kowtow(verb, hide, tremble, cringe) | |
| move away(verb, expression, go, withdraw, leave) |
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