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| pause(hesitate, falter, scruple) | |
| ponder(pause, hesitate, falter, scruple) | |
| quake(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| react(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| rebound(noun, verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| resile(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| seesaw(pause, hesitate, falter, scruple) | |
| shake(verb, move, cut, withdraw, avoid) | |
| shirk(verb, move, cut, start, withdraw) | |
| shrink away(verb, expression, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| shudder(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate) | |
| sit on fence(expression, idiom, pause, hesitate, falter) | |
| spring(noun, verb, drop, fall, withdraw) | |
| stammer(pause, hesitate, falter, scruple) | |
| step back(verb, expression, withdraw, retreat, dodge) | |
| stick(verb, withdraw, retreat, pause, dodge) | |
| straddle(pause, hesitate, falter, scruple) | |
| stumble(pause, hesitate, falter, scruple) | |
| stutter(pause, hesitate, falter, scruple) | |
| think about(expression, pause, hesitate, falter) |
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