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shrink away

verb

Etymology

shrink + away

Definitions

  1. To draw back in fear

    To draw back in fear; cringe, back down, shy away.

    • But Tommy was bashful, and the attention he had thus drawn upon himself made him blush. He was a timid lad and he shrank away now, evidently fearing Shell.
    • Emily could be fearless enough on occasion; but in the presence of a nature which she instinctively felt to be hostile to hers she shrank away in something that was more repulsion than fear.

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