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Verb

To keep away from something

To be coy, undecided or diffident about

To hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread

To suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust

To have a strong dislike or aversion to

To avoid (something), especially out of fear

Reluctant or averse to doing something

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To keep away from something

have nothing to do with

keep clear of

evade

shy from

keep one's distance from

give the cold shoulder

give someone the go-by

ostracise^UK

ostracize^US

look right through someone

tell someone where to get off

disdain

give the runaround

freeze out

give someone the brush-off

give something a miss

leave out in the cold

hand someone the frozen mitt

have nothing more to do with

wash your hands of

give someone the big E

give the cold shoulder to

look straight through

turn away

snub one's nose at

bin off

give someone the push

give the thumbs down to

not take advantage of

refuse to take part in

refuse to take advantage of

look down one's nose at

opt out of

give the thumbs down

give the red light

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“So I respond to the German philosophical tradition in terms of its recoil from scientism.”

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To be coy, undecided or diffident about

have misgivings about

not be in the mood to

not have the heart to

drag one's feet over

drag one's heels over

have reservations about

baulk^UK

balk^US

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To hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread

regard with repugnance

feel repugnance towards

have a strong aversion to

feel hostility toward

feel aversion towards

feel aversion toward

feel disgust towards

feel hostility towards

feel disgust for

feel repugnance toward

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To suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust

balk^US

baulk^UK

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To have a strong dislike or aversion to

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

be unable to tolerate

have a low opinion of

look down one's nose at

criticize^US

criticise^UK

indicate disapproval of

express a poor opinion of

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To avoid (something), especially out of fear

rationalize^US

leave something undone

rationalise^UK

keep one's distance from

pay little attention to

give something a miss

balk^US

baulk^UK

outmaneuver^US

avoid like the plague

slip through the net of

slip through your fingers

keep out of the way of

extricate oneself from

escape the clutches of

lead on a merry chase

not take into account

push aside

turn a blind eye

bury one's head in sand

not give a straight answer to

beat around bush

not pay

beg the question

beat about the bush about

have nothing to do with

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Adjective

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Reluctant or averse to doing something

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