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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
back away
back off
cower
cringe
draw back
fall back
flinch
grovel
pull back
recoil
retreat
shrink away
shy away
withdraw
shrink
quail
blench
recede
wince
quake
start
shudder
squinch
move back
retire
step back
falter
hesitate
jump back
shake
tremble
waver
blanch
spring back
regress
return
shy
quiver
quaver
shiver
get cold feet
huddle
boggle
scruple
crouch
refuse
start back
jerk back
slink
give ground
backpedal
drop back
lose ground
crawfish
give way
move away
pull out
back out
react
resile
baulk
UK
carom
duck
demur
stick
reel
blink
balk
US
stickle
dodge
shirk
swerve
turn away
balk at
retrocede
flee
back
escape
go back
run away
go away
turn tail
surrender
yield
ebb
abandon
retrograde
evade
elude
retract
depart
bolt
skedaddle
run off
vamoose
take fright
make off
hook it
leg it
quit
leave
hightail it
clear out
run for it
take flight
go backward
peel out
cut and run
scram
show fear
split
beat it
distance oneself
shake with fear
hide
regroup
give up
faint
droop
have cold feet
give back
avoid
eschew
shun
back down
do an about-turn
back-pedal
move backward
do an about-face
backtrack
do a volte-face
go into reverse
about-face
move backwards
recant
do a U-turn
back up
drive back
reverse
turn back
drive backwards
double back
retrace your steps
hang back
fight shy of
jib at
quail at
baulk at
boggle at
head for the hills
bug out
fold
evacuate
make a quick exit
beat a retreat
fly
skip off
run
vacate
levant
skidoo
fly the coop
decamp
go
show a clean pair of heels
scarper
take off
cut out
beat a hasty retreat
break
disengage
do a bunk
light out
take a powder
do a fade
do a runner
make a break for it
make a run for it
subside
abate
lessen
sink
decline
dwindle
wane
diminish
moderate
fade
decrease
taper
pall
lower
remit
fall
ease
de-escalate
relent
retrogress
close
taper off
fall away
drop off
drop
let up
reduce
go down
ratchet down
drain away
phase down
move further off
die away
die down
die out
die off
draw away
flow back
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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
stall
delay
temporize
US
temporise
UK
be indecisive
think twice
fluctuate
hedge
swither
dilly-dally
wait
equivocate
blow hot and cold
hum and haw
haver
hem and haw
stumble
be reluctant
play for time
shillyshally
be undecided
stop
gain time
oscillate
be unwilling
use delaying tactics
dally
stammer
be unsure
be uncertain
baulk
UK
be irresolute
have qualms
boggle
balk
US
whiffle
sit on the fence
stutter
defer
doubt
sway
tergiversate
sit tight
flounder
be doubtful
deliberate
hang around
waffle
yo-yo
shrink from
beat about the bush
shy
pussyfoot around
play a waiting game
be unable to make up your mind
cease
discontinue
prevaricate
filibuster
stonewall
put off
totter
reel
dawdle
jib
fumble
pussyfoot
break
hang about
seesaw
shrink
alternate
dillydally
straddle
be in two minds
take no action
vary
tarry
palter
shake
swing
change
have misgivings about
be unable to decide
have scruples about
topple
think twice about
kick the can down the road
hang back from
have qualms about
waste time
shy away from
flinch from
vacillate about
recoil from
run hot and cold
take your time
hobble
limp
be ambivalent
wiggle-waggle
flicker
dodge
trifle
mess around
um and ah
tremble
faff about
quiver
use dilatory tactics
put something on the back burner
be patient
trim
get cold feet
shudder
whiffle waffle
be defective
hold on
lurch
fence-straddle
rock
be evasive
hesitate to
scruple about
be chary of
be coy about
be cagey about
be shy about
be reluctant about
chop and change
keep changing your mind
change mind
postpone
stall for time
avoid committing oneself
use Fabian tactics
avoid making a decision
splutter
blunder
refuse
speak haltingly
trip
trip up
fluff
stub toe
drop the ball
tail off
refrain from
dodder
careen
pitch
waddle
express misgivings
wait and see
express reluctance
be cagey
express reservations
adopt Fabian tactics
roll
walk unsteadily
weave
put something off
zigzag
titubate
walk falteringly
rotate
move clumsily
wheel
avoid doing something
keep from doing something
rest
desist
adjourn
stick at
baulk at
be loath
interrupt
stick
fret
disrelish something
demur about
balk at
worry
have reservations about
gag
boggle at
stickle
question
waver about
demur from
mind doing something
break off
put on hold
reflect
take ten
drop
take a breather
mark time
let up
pull up
come to standstill
have a breather
catch one's breath
break it up
sideline
call time
take five
stop briefly
take a break
suspend
take a breath
stay
remain
hang round
stay put
hang out
hang on
loiter
stick around
stay behind
wait around
be hesitant
shift
ponder
hang
mammer
swerve
debate
weigh
be disinclined
be in a quandary
have second thoughts
be in a dilemma
think about
pull back
sit on fence
be on the horns of a dilemma
veer
flannel
be non-committal
see-saw
dodge the issue
quibble
parry questions
vibrate
fence
evade the issue
fudge
flutter
wave
duck the question
mutate
evade
flip-flop
switch
fudge the issue
weasel
undulate
beat around the bush
sidestep the issue
evolve
shuffle
go from one extreme to the other
transform
move
sidestep
pivot
alter
morph
turn
be vague
progress
metamorphose
ripple
wag
palpitate
quaver
mess about
deviate
convert
duck the issue
move to and fro
modulate
faff around
cavil
idle
digress
pulsate
avoid
duck
ebb and flow
falsify
jive
drift
slip
diverge
tergiverse
snap
drag
poke
waggle
have doubts
transmogrify
cop out
beg the question
goof off
rise and fall
go up and down
change one's mind
stir
lie
heave
parry
flap
misrepresent
differ
twirl
shiver
be ambiguous
fib
flow
swell
surge
quake
loll
con
shuck
teeter-totter
diddle
dangle
while away time
creep
crawl
mince words
distort
whirl
thrash
lollygag
wigwag
wiggle
interchange
lallygag
mope
putter
tremor
shuffle about
run around
be unsteady
avoid the issue
take one's time
move back and forth
be noncommittal
pass the buck
drag one's feet
kill time
come and go
be dilatory
lag behind
put off doing something
cop a plea
substitute
wobble about
be on the fence
will and will not
potter
tumble
bobble
trill
straddle an issue
give nothing away
flourish
warble
play it close to the vest
skirt the issue
move slowly
deceive
back
change direction
brandish
wield
dodge the question
slouch
thrill
be unstable
fabricate
second-guessing oneself
doubt yourself
have misgivings
doubt oneself
elude
adumbrate
double-talk
escape
eschew
sit around
be tardy
be long
fool around
twitter
raise
misstate
invent
dissemble
garble
belie
exaggerate
misspeak
flatter
retard
prolong
protract
cover up
straddle the fence
goldbrick
soft-soap
cool
billow
move backwards and forwards
splash
swish
curl
coil
motion
tell white lie
cloud the issue
give run around
put on
phony up
stretch the truth
maneuver
US
contest
outwit
baffle
manoeuvre
UK
feint
shirk
foil
sweet-talk
blather
flinch
quail
note
give a false colour to
give the run around
flit
waft
swirl
flail
thresh
postpone action
defer action
suspend action
let slide
take a raincheck
use flattery
fast-talk
talk blarney
judder
fight off
sweep
twist
flick
blow
ruffle
be tentative
skirt
fly
stream
pulse
fake
convulse
jiggle
be divided
blarney
blandish
beguile
jerk
jolt
intersperse
feel uncertain
wonder about
second-guessing yourself
agitate
jar
shift ground about
take turns
think something unlikely
be dubious
lack conviction
be sceptical
bucket
jounce
joggle
patch up
harbour suspicions about
express reservations about
harbour reservations about
fluctuate on
have doubts about
feel uneasy about
have hesitations about
express suspicions about
entertain doubts about
have suspicions about
follow one another
act reciprocally
act in sequence
follow in turn
relieve
be staggered
occur in rotation
work in sequence
take it in turns
occur in turn
move between
be interspersed
fill in for
follow
grow
metastasize
develop
metamorphize
butter up
swivel
pendulate
librate
toss
waltz
fishtail
loaf
transmute
transfigure
chill
footle
bum
drone
lazy
laze
lounge
move backward and forward
swing backwards and forwards
swing back and forth
amble
plod
pass
affect
amend
adjust
realign
modify
transit
adapt
transmutate
transition
disguise
revise
swap
displace
remodel
transpose
mould
UK
edit
mold
US
replace
better
turn around
deteriorate
reverse
diminish
hack around
kick around
veg out
kick back
horse around
potter around
be slow
fall behind
buy time
potter round
potter about
not keep pace
worsen
divert
fritter
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