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What is another word for
shrink back
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To back away or retreat
To avoid proceeding through reluctance
Verb
▲
To back away or retreat
flinch
cringe
recoil
retreat
cower
withdraw
grovel
draw back
pull back
shy away
back away
fall back
back off
shrink away
shrink
quail
blench
wince
retire
start
quake
shudder
squinch
recede
shy
pull out
falter
waver
tremble
jump back
hang back
spring back
crouch
refuse
start back
jerk back
slink
regress
move back
dodge
duck
shirk
demur
swerve
balk
US
baulk
UK
react
reel
give ground
backpedal
step back
drop back
lose ground
crawfish
give way
move away
hesitate
quiver
shake
quaver
blanch
shiver
get cold feet
back out
skip off
make oneself scarce
run
vamoose
split
scarper
leave
skedaddle
depart
take off
turn tail
evacuate
bolt
run away
flee
scram
move out
escape
beat it
beat a retreat
decamp
fly
run for it
go away
clear out
retrocede
run off
peel out
cut and run
make off
draw away
leg it
quit
hightail it
go back
take flight
ebb
retrograde
evade
take fright
back down
beat a hasty retreat
elude
move further off
disengage
retract
hook it
show fear
flow back
vacate
turn away
go
resile
distance oneself
shake with fear
hide
go backward
retrogress
have cold feet
faint
droop
go down
return
back
regroup
straggle
drop behind
lag behind
fall behind
slow down
avoid
eschew
baulk at
fight shy of
boggle at
shun
jib at
quail at
take a hike
adjourn
get away
exit
betake oneself
take leave
shut oneself away
bail out
abstract oneself
take oneself
move out of
draw
retreat from
seclude oneself
absent yourself
retire from
blow
check out
repair
remove
bow out
go off
clear
get lost
run along
head for the hills
bug out
fold
make a quick exit
take to your heels
cut out
break
abandon
do a bunk
light out
take a powder
do a fade
make a getaway
levant
skidoo
do a runner
fly the coop
make a break for it
make a run for it
show a clean pair of heels
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“Have we the moral courage to welcome it as an opportunity, or will we
shrink back
into fearing it as a threat?”
Verb
▲
To avoid proceeding through reluctance
hang back
hesitate
dither
vacillate
waver
demur
teeter
wabble
falter
halt
scruple
stagger
wobble
hover
lag
linger
pause
procrastinate
straggle
hold back
shilly-shally
hang fire
hold off
shy away
stay back
drag your feet
drag your heels
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
balance
fluctuate
dilly-dally
be indecisive
haver
swither
shillyshally
be undecided
hem and haw
blow hot and cold
hum and haw
be unsure
be uncertain
sit on the fence
stall
be irresolute
yo-yo
pussyfoot around
be doubtful
think twice
oscillate
dally
dawdle
temporize
US
equivocate
pussyfoot
baulk
UK
tergiversate
hedge
temporise
UK
be reluctant
be unable to make up your mind
balk
US
delay
alternate
doubt
change
dillydally
seesaw
deliberate
express reluctance
change mind
be unable to decide
get cold feet
be hesitant
be cagey
express misgivings
waffle
run hot and cold
boggle
be unwilling
keep changing your mind
waste time
wait and see
express reservations
see-saw
swing
fence-straddle
whiffle
chop and change
straddle
flip-flop
wait
hang about
um and ah
dodge
trifle
hang around
mess around
stumble
defer
ponder
stop
hang
mammer
think about
debate
weigh
pull back
sit on fence
flounder
flicker
vary
tremble
sway
quiver
palter
trim
shudder
whiffle waffle
be ambivalent
jib
refuse
shy
faff about
be in two minds
tarry
prevaricate
play a waiting game
faff around
loiter
mess about
go from one extreme to the other
wobble about
be on the fence
will and will not
be on the horns of a dilemma
potter
kill time
move slowly
mark time
let the grass grow under one's feet
while away time
put off
play for time
drag
adjourn
suspend action
prolong
kick the can down the road
retard
cool
goldbrick
stay
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
postpone action
be dilatory
poke
defer action
postpone
let something slide
protract
take a raincheck
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