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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
clear out
go away
run off
peel out
cut and run
make off
leg it
quit
hightail it
take flight
ebb
retrograde
retrocede
evade
take fright
back down
beat a hasty retreat
elude
disengage
draw away
hook it
show fear
vacate
turn away
go back
go
resile
distance oneself
shake with fear
hide
go backward
retrogress
have cold feet
faint
droop
go down
move further off
retract
return
flow back
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
think twice
hum and haw
be unsure
be uncertain
sit on the fence
oscillate
stall
be irresolute
baulk
UK
be reluctant
yo-yo
pussyfoot around
be doubtful
boggle
be unwilling
balk
US
dally
dawdle
temporize
US
equivocate
doubt
tergiversate
hedge
temporise
UK
shy
vacillate about
have misgivings about
have scruples about
be unable to make up your mind
think twice about
have qualms about
shy away from
delay
jib
sway
pussyfoot
alternate
change
shrink
seesaw
dillydally
baulk at
deliberate
be shy about
change mind
be unable to decide
boggle at
hang back from
get cold feet
be hesitant
recoil from
waver about
waffle
run hot and cold
disrelish
hesitate to
have qualms
keep changing your mind
shrink from
scruple about
be chary of
mind doing something
be reluctant about
waste time
flinch from
be coy about
be cagey about
see-saw
swing
reel
fence-straddle
rock
whiffle
chop and change
straddle
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
be averse to
be reluctant to
be hesitant to
be bashful about
be against
fight shy of
be diffident about
be opposed to
be indisposed to
be sorry to
be slow to
be disinclined to
be ashamed to
be afraid to
be loath to
not be in favour of
hate to
quail at
not have the heart to
not like to
be unwilling to
flicker
vary
tremble
quiver
palter
trim
shudder
whiffle waffle
be ambivalent
refuse
stick at
be loath
stick
fret
drag one's heels over
demur about
stickle
balk at
question
drag one's feet over
demur from
worry
have reservations about
gag
faff about
be in two minds
express reluctance
be cagey
express misgivings
wait and see
express reservations
prevaricate
flip-flop
tarry
second-guessing yourself
have doubts
fence
be non-committal
faff around
dodge the issue
loiter
beat about the bush
duck the question
mess about
play a waiting game
go from one extreme to the other
wobble about
have misgivings
doubt yourself
be on the fence
will and will not
potter
be on the horns of a dilemma
mark time
let the grass grow under one's feet
while away time
kill time
move slowly
straddle an issue
sidestep the issue
dodge the question
play your cards close to your chest
give nothing away
be tentative
be divided
feel uncertain
wonder about
adjourn
retard
prolong
postpone
protract
think something unlikely
be dubious
lack conviction
be sceptical
goldbrick
cool
poke
stay
drag
harbour suspicions about
have hesitations about
express suspicions about
express reservations about
entertain doubts about
harbour reservations about
have suspicions about
fluctuate on
have doubts about
feel uneasy about
put off
kick the can down the road
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
postpone action
defer action
let something slide
take a raincheck
play for time
suspend action
be dilatory
quibble
fudge
flannel
parry
be evasive
shuffle
evade
sidestep
be vague
weasel
be ambiguous
cavil
jive
escape
parry questions
elude
lie
falsify
tergiverse
eschew
evade the issue
con
adumbrate
shuck
stonewall
double-talk
fib
subtilize
fudge the issue
shuffle about
cop out
stall for time
run around
cover up
straddle the fence
avoid the issue
tell white lie
pass the buck
cop a plea
cloud the issue
duck the issue
beat around the bush
give run around
beg the question
mince matters
mince words
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