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74 entries under shrink topic. ×
| start(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| step back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) | |
| stick(verb, withdraw, follow, retreat, pause) | |
| stickle(verb, withdraw, retreat, pause, dodge) | |
| tremble(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| turn away(verb, expression, phrasal verb, withdraw, retreat) | |
| waver(verb, withdraw, retreat, pause, dodge) | |
| wince(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| apple-polish(verb, tremble, cringe) | |
| backpedal | |
| bootlick(verb, tremble, cringe) | |
| brownnose(verb, tremble, cringe) | |
| crawfish | |
| crawl(recoil, wince) | |
| crouch(verb, start, recoil, tremble) | |
| eat dirt(expression, recoil, wince) | |
| fawn(verb, tremble, cringe) | |
| give up(expression, retreat) | |
| go backward(expression, retreat) | |
| grovel(verb, recoil, tremble, cringe) |
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