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| cower(start, hide, retreat, shy) | |
| dodge(noun, withdraw, avoid, restraint) | |
| jump(noun, start, escape, shy) | |
| boomerang(noun, act, feeling, overcome) | |
| balk(stop, start, withdraw, abandon) | |
| falter(withdraw, retreat, hesitate, tremble) | |
| demur(withdraw, abandon, yield, surrender) | |
| duck(start, withdraw, avoid, escape) | |
| hesitate(withdraw, retreat, hesitate, falter) | |
| kick back(expression, phrasal verb, overcome, return) | |
| return(noun, move, act, change) | |
| reverberate | |
| spring back(expression, phrasal verb, overcome, return) | |
| squinch(shy, jump, bound, shrink) | |
| blink(start, withdraw, retreat, shrink) | |
| funk | |
| pull back(expression, phrasal verb, go, remove) | |
| shake(withdraw, escape, retreat, dodge) | |
| shy away(expression, phrasal verb, move, change) | |
| swerve(move, change, start, withdraw) |
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