84 entries under balk topic. ×
| shift(noun, verb, move, stop, change) | |
| dodge(verb, move, cut, withdraw, avoid) | |
| recoil(verb, move, change, start, withdraw) | |
| shrink(verb, stop, start, withdraw, retreat) | |
| shy(verb, start, slip, depart, pause) | |
| flinch(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| waver(verb, withdraw, twist, retreat, pause) | |
| alternate(verb, move, stop, change, push) | |
| hedge(verb, move, stop, cut, avoid) | |
| pull back(verb, expression, stop, withdraw, retreat) | |
| pussyfoot(verb, move, stop, cut, avoid) | |
| shy away(verb, expression, move, stop, change) | |
| wince(verb, start, withdraw, draw, retreat) | |
| turn away(verb, expression, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| blench(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| blink(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| cringe(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy) | |
| duck(verb, move, cut, start, withdraw) | |
| equivocate(verb, move, stop, cut, avoid) | |
| hem and haw(verb, expression, idiom, move, stop) |
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