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What does shy away mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word shy away? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. to draw back in fear, cringe, back down
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Churches will not draw young people to their doors if they shy away from any mention of adoration as a matter of embarrassment.
Being alive is a very intense experience, we all shy away from it preferring an ambulatory twilight sleep.
The non-pictorial style actually heightens the sense of panic, as Arlen's heroes shy away from any glimpse of their assaulter.
But Porter does not shy away from the pithy language of the street, when it seems called for.
But perhaps the main reason why most people shy away from LPG conversions is that it is sometimes difficult to find a garage that sells the fuel.
But why, in general, does mathematics education shy away from placing our decimal numeration into the framework of positional systems?

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