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To have prevented oneself from
Past tense for to cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
Past tense for to be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
Past tense for to be reluctant to do something
Past tense for to be afraid of someone or something when considering them to be dangerous, painful, or harmful
Past tense for to show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something
Past tense for to feel contempt or a deep repugnance for
Past tense for to hesitate or refuse to proceed due to fear, aversion, or reluctance
Past tense for to fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage
Past tense for to renege or change one's mind on a position, agreement or promise
Past tense for to feel distaste for or hostility towards
Past tense for to be in a state of great apprehension or anxiety
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Verb
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To have prevented oneself from
helped
avoided
refrained from
stopped
averted
dodged
evaded
prevented
abstained
abstained from
bypassed
circumvented
controlled
deflected
desisted
diverted
ducked
eluded
escaped
forbore
got around
passed up
precluded
resisted
restrained from
shied from
shirked
shook off
sidestepped
skipped
skipped out on
skirted
stayed away
stayed away from
steered clear
steered clear of
withstood
broke the habit of
fended off
forbore from
got out of
held off
kept from
neutralised
UK
shunned
warded off
anticipated
arrested
blocked
checked
checkmated
compensated for
counteracted
counterbalanced
deterred
eschewed
forbade
forbid
forestalled
frustrated
halted
headed off
hindered
impeded
interfered with
made up for
negated
neutralized
US
nullified
obviated
offset
offsetted
prohibited
provided
shook
stalled
staved off
stove off
ceased
declined
denied yourself
desisted from
did without
forwent
gave up
kicked
left off
refused
renounced
withheld from
spurned
recoiled from
balked at
turned away from
cut dead
rejected
kept clear of
kept away from
kept one's distance from
had nothing to do with
snubbed
ignored
gave a wide berth to
cold-shouldered
cut
bilked
shied away from
stayed shy of
gave someone the go-by
fought shy of
turned back on
had no part of
put down
cut someone cold
gave someone the brush-off
denied oneself
holp
gave the cold shoulder to
hid from
circumnavigated
dismissed
repudiated
rebuffed
disdained
scorned
ostracized
US
ditched
neglected
gave something a miss
kept at arm's length
ostracised
UK
brushed off
stiff-armed
told someone where to get off
had no part in
palmed off
sent to Coventry
knocked back
left alone
gave a wide berth
not touched
snouted
gave the runaround
froze out
gave the bum's rush
turned down
gave the brush
stayed clear of
gave the cold shoulder
stood aloof from
beat
shortcutted
gotten around
thwarted
foiled
beaten
shut out
found a way round
detoured
stymied
outmanoeuvred
UK
skirted round
outmaneuvered
US
defeated
gotten out of
gone around
went around
baulked
UK
finessed
juked
put a stop to
put an end to
balked
US
countered
derailed
curbed
opposed
cheated
missed
inhibited
obstructed
outflanked
danced around
restrained
retarded
restricted
crimped
repressed
defended against
held back
spoilt
UK
trammeled
trammelled
detoured round
found a way around
passed round
barred
got round
spoiled
US
stonewalled
scuppered
shaken
put paid to
scaped
wriggled out of
outwitted
tergiversated
funked
burked
weaseled out of
pussyfooted around
weaselled out of
put the stopper on
copped out of
passed around
made a detour round
moved around
given a wide berth to
shuffled out of
upset
put the kibosh on
shaken off
went round
gone round
cramped
deked
disregarded
overlooked
discounted
parried
scotched
stood in the way of
overturned
faked
skived
run away from
dispensed with
overcome
disrupted
limited
interdicted
swerved
pussyfooted
baffled
weaselled
UK
fudged
weaseled
US
departed from
paid no attention to
kept out of
kept lid on
short-circuited
paid no mind
ruined
got past
paid no heed to
unminded
kept off
slid out of
winked at
found a way out of
skived off
blinked at
faked out
turned your back on
shirked from
worked around
tuned out
turned a blind eye to
crashed
unsettled
stumped
deviated from
wrecked
laid low from
ducked out of
unheeded
ran away from
overcame
forborne
shrunk from
done for
taken down
taken wind out of
took wind out of
did for
took down
gave the slip to
taken no notice of
given the slip to
took no notice of
end-ran
gotten past
gone past
went past
done without
broken the habit of
given up
holpen
forgone
forborne from
gone around the barn
took back road
went around the barn
taken back road
given the slip
gave the slip
backed out of
gotten away from
given something a miss
got away from
blown off
blew off
more ❯
“She would
shrink from
visiting him after their last argument.”
Verb
▲
Past tense for to cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
weaned
stopped
halted
ceased
discontinued
refrained from
desisted from
quit
quitted
forbore from
broke off
cut out
called a halt to
called it a day
gave up
abandoned
abstained from
left off
knocked off
packed in
suspended
desisted
forsook
laid off
lay off
passed up
precluded
relinquished
renounced
resisted
skipped
steered clear of
belayed
belaid
bypassed
finished
kept from
stayed away from
axed
backed off from
canned
checked out from
dropped
forwent
gave over
held off
packed up
pulled out of
put a stop to
refused
reined in
restrained from
swore off
withheld from
called it quits on
detached
jacked in
kiboshed
put an end to
surceased from
forborne from
broken off
given up
forsaken
forgone
given over
shrunk from
sworn off
cut off
shut off
ended
cut short
kicked
let up
terminated
broke
broken
brake
concluded
eschewed
brought to an end
broke up
broken up
wound up
interrupted
laid off of
surceased
set aside
pulled the plug on
called it quits
put the kibosh on
refrained
avoided
ditched
brought to a halt
dispensed with
canceled
US
cancelled
UK
closed
abjured
elapsed
abstained
cut
checked
scrapped
determined
passed on
winked out
quit cold
cut it out
dead-ended
shut down
left alone
left out
had done with
forswore
forsworn
done without
did without
expired
lapsed
waived
passed
shunned
blocked
repudiated
disavowed
scrubbed
intermitted
called off
went without
gone without
kept off
nipped in the bud
brought to a stop
packed it in
got off
forbore
forborne
rescinded
repealed
declined
died
forewent
foregone
arrested
revoked
aborted
killed
obstructed
abolished
curbed
spurned
withdrawn
withdrew
rejected
stayed
stemmed
failed
intervened
culminated
remitted
stopped oneself from
kicked over
resigned from
restrained oneself from
cut into
not touched
closed down
wrapped up
put paid to
turned your back on
forlet
brought to a close
let alone
knocked something on the head
sat out
put a cork in
closed out
put the lid on
quit cold turkey
skipped out on
kicked the habit
gotten off
dissolved
completed
abrogated
disowned
discarded
disclaimed
gone
went
shaken
shook
resolved
denied oneself
surrendered
jettisoned
yielded
betrayed
paused
disturbed
annulled
impeded
prevented
scratched
shelved
adjourned
abdicated
junked
stalled
withheld
sundered
recessed
barred
forfeited
ignored
disconnected
disrupted
staunched
disunited
separated
parted
dissevered
interposed
disjoined
interfered with
given a rest
come to an end
settled
done not
laid aside
missed out on
gave something a miss
backed off
gave a rest
had nothing to do with
come to a close
resisted the temptation to
wiped out
reneged on
changed one's tune
crowned
stood down from
did away with
given the chop
chucked
got shut of
said goodbye to
wound down
shied from
rounded out
died down
given a wide berth to
gotten out of
ended up
parted from
rounded off
called a halt
finished off
did not
stopped having
consummated
disposed of
pulled the plug
jilted
rested
held back from
gave a wide berth to
prevented oneself from
gave the chop
eighty-sixed
switched off
brought to end
phased out
hung it up
closed off
parted with
finished with
wrapped
stopped trying
divorced
retired from
wrapt
held back
sewed up
escaped from
ultimated
stopped doing
sacrificed
come off
given something a miss
cried off
done away with
got out of
stopped using
topped off
brought to a standstill
sewn up
dusted off
ceased to indulge in
yolden
yold
withholden
backed out of
blown the whistle on
blew the whistle on
broken into
broke into
came to a close
gotten rid of
blown off
bagged it
got rid of
blew off
came to an end
taken the cure
gotten on the wagon
took the cure
got on the wagon
got shot of
gotten shot of
gotten done
got done
came off
threw in the towel
threw in the sponge
thrown in the towel
thrown in the sponge
wrote off
thrown up
withdrawn from
threw up
written off
broke with
withdrew from
forgot about
broken with
forgotten about
gone cold turkey
went cold turkey
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
baulked
UK
balked
US
eschewed
desisted
disdained
jibbed
resisted
scorned
refused
demurred from
quailed at
refused to
shied away
drew back from
jibbed at
reined in
scrupled to
shied from
stopped short
turned down
hated to
took exception to
drew the line at
Verb
▲
Past tense for to be reluctant to do something
hesitated
scrupled
demurred from
baulked at
boggled at
felt uneasy about
hung back from
had misgivings about
had qualms about
thought twice about
had second thoughts
had qualms
blew hot and cold
doubted
demurred
hung back
shied away from
had reservations about
thought twice
wavered
dithered
vacillated
faltered
teetered
staggered
halted
wabbled
wobbled
balanced
boggled
disrelished
shied
worried
fretted
stickled
shilly-shallied
minded doing something
had scruples about
vacillated about
flinched from
wavered about
demurred about
balked at
stuck at
recoiled from
shrunk from
baulked
UK
balked
US
shrunk
scrupled about
hesitated to
hated to
shied away
quailed at
fought shy of
shrunken
shrank
blown hot and cold
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to be afraid of someone or something when considering them to be dangerous, painful, or harmful
feared
dreaded
apprehended
cowered before
cringed from
felt apprehensive about
felt consternation about
flinched from
went in terror of
had forebodings about
lived in dread of
lived in fear of
panicked about
shook in your shoes about
trembled at
trembled before
worried about
shuddered
misdoubted
trembled
cringed
cowered at
had cold feet about
quaked at
quailed from
trembled to think about
cringed at the thought of
anticipated with horror
shuddered at
had cold feet
shuddered to think about
shrunk from
gone in terror of
shaken in your shoes about
Verb
▲
Past tense for to show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something
rebelled
recoiled
flinched
shrank
shrunk
felt repugnance
flinched from
pulled back
showed repugnance
pulled back from
shied away
shied away from
baulked at
felt abhorrence at
felt revulsion at
hesitated at
felt disgust at
shrunken
shrunk from
shown repugnance
Verb
▲
Past tense for to feel contempt or a deep repugnance for
despised
abhorred
detested
loathed
hated
execrated
disliked
abominated
scorned
deplored
disrelished
disdained
contemned
eschewed
reviled
misprized
found intolerable
looked down on
regarded with contempt
felt contempt for
had a down on
felt contempt
had no use for
recoiled from
had it in for
shuddered at
had an aversion to
felt aversion to
rejected
repudiated
regarded with disgust
felt repugnance towards
regarded with repugnance
felt hostility to
spurned
felt hostile to
had a horror of
felt revulsion to
felt repelled by
revolted
refused
declined
disliked greatly
had a strong aversion to
felt repugnance
found disgusting
had aversion to
felt animosity to
felt distaste for
felt hostility towards
downed on
felt repugnance toward
felt disgust towards
felt disgust for
disliked intensely
felt aversion toward
felt hostility toward
felt aversion towards
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to hesitate or refuse to proceed due to fear, aversion, or reluctance
jibbed
wavered
faltered
hesitated
shied
baulked
UK
balked
US
flinched
quailed
recoiled
recoiled from
baulked at
shied away from
boggled at
demurred at
drew back from
fought shy of
retreated from
shied at
stopped short of
dithered
vacillated
demurred
shrank
shrunk
boggled
shilly-shallied
hesitated to
had scruples about
scrupled about
thought twice about
hung back
flinched from
vacillated about
had qualms about
hung back from
had misgivings about
shrunk from
drawn back from
paused
doubted
pussyfooted
refused
expressed misgivings
expressed reluctance
expressed reservations
hemmed and hawed
dragged your heels
thought twice
shrunken
waited and saw
waited and seen
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to fail to perform a promised or planned action due to lack of courage
bottled out
failed
chickened out
backed down
shied away
wimped out
fell at the first fence
lost courage
Verb
▲
Past tense for to renege or change one's mind on a position, agreement or promise
copped out
reneged
bypassed
escaped
sidestepped
avoided
dodged
ducked
evaded
shirked
skipped
skived
abandoned
backpedaled
US
backpedalled
UK
bilked
cut
declined
deserted
funked
quit
quitted
renounced
revoked
welshed
withdrew
excused
backed out
backed off
skirted round
ran away from
skived off
steered clear of
backed down
backed out of
ducked out of
got out
got out of
pulled out of
slid out of
weaseled out
weaselled out
wriggled out of
gave the slip
let something slide
eluded
shunned
shook
finessed
eschewed
scaped
neglected
missed
cheated
parried
fenced
forgat
forgot
bludged
dogged
paid no attention to
lost sight of
shuffled off
skimped on
weaselled out of
paid little attention to
shuffled out of
got around
left something undone
copped out of
lay down on job
played truant from
weaseled out of
sloughed off
withdrawn
shrunk from
run away from
gotten out
gotten out of
weaselled
UK
given the slip
circumvented
beat
gotten around
found a way out of
shaken
skirted
shortcutted
tergiversated
juked
pussyfooted around
turned back on
short-circuited
found a way round
shied from
beaten
forgotten
gave a wide berth to
given a wide berth to
lain down on job
gotten away from
gave something a miss
given something a miss
got away from
more ❯
Verb
▲
Past tense for to feel distaste for or hostility towards
disliked
hated
loathed
abhorred
despised
detested
scorned
shunned
abominated
disfavoured
disrelished
execrated
opposed
resented
resent
deplored
disfavored
misliked
antipathized
condemned
contemned
deprecated
disapproved
eschewed
minded
reproved
discountenanced
disesteemed
regretted
relucted
disapproved of
objected to
disagreed with
found repellent
frowned upon
recoiled from
shuddered at
took exception to
frowned on
had no liking for
held in disfavour
found distasteful
found intolerable
not appreciated
not taken kindly to
regarded with disgust
regarded with distaste
had an aversion to
looked down on
not endured
lost interest in
took a dim view of
beared malice toward
had hard feelings
had no stomach for
had no taste
had no taste for
not cared for
had a down on
made faces at
tutted about
tutted over
tut-tutted about
tut-tutted over
Verb
▲
Past tense for to be in a state of great apprehension or anxiety
trembled
worried
agonised
UK
agonized
US
fretted
fussed
quailed
stewed
lost sleep
blanched from
blenched from
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