| recoil(verb, withdraw, retreat, shrink, react) |
| acquiesce |
| backfire(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| balk(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| blanch(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| blench(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| blink(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| carom(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| cringe(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| dodge(verb, withdraw, retreat, hesitate, tremble) |
| draw back(verb, expression, withdraw, retreat, dodge) |
| duck(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| falter(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| flinch(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| hesitate(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, recoil) |
| jerk(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| kick(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| pull back(verb, expression, withdraw, retreat, dodge) |
| quail(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |
| quake(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) |