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What is another word for shrunk away?

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Verb
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Past tense for to grimace or flinch out of pain or distress
winced
flinched
recoiled
cringed
started
blenched
shrank
shrunk
shrunken
quailed
cowered
squinched
shied
shuddered
ducked
dodged
blanched
swerved
jumped
squirmed
grimaced
gasped
jibbed
scowled
turned
drew back
drawn back
pulled a face
backed off
made a face
Verb
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Past tense for to stand or pull back physically, typically into a defensive, aggressive or fearful posture
recoiled
baulkedUK
balkedUS
retired
retreated
retracted
shrank
shrunk
shrunken
pulled back
backed off
drew back
drawn back
fell back
fallen back
gave ground
given ground
flinched
cringed
cowered
fled
withdrawn
withdrew
disengaged
groveledUS
grovelledUK
shied away
turned tail
backed away
beat a hasty retreat
beat a retreat
shrunk back
blenched
quailed
started
winced
squinched
shuddered
crouched
refused
slunk
slinked
started back
jumped back
hung back
pulled out
took flight
shrunken back
jerked back
beaten a hasty retreat
beaten a retreat
shrank back
taken flight
sprang back
sprung back
gave way
given way
shrank away
shrunken away
split
beat it
moved away
cut and run
receded
backed out
bolted
escaped
skedaddled
vamoosed
scramed
scrammed
run away
quit
run for it
cleared out
cut out
run off
scarpered
decamped
left
skipped off
legged it
made off
hooked it
peeled out
moved back
run
departed
evacuated
levanted
ran away
quitted
ran for it
hightailed it
showed a clean pair of heels
made a break for it
lit out
headed for the hills
bugged out
made a quick exit
made a run for it
backed down
ran off
took off
taken off
flown
flew
evaded
vacated
eluded
abandoned
folded
ran
went away
flew the coop
flown the coop
gone away
did a runner
done a runner
backpedalledUK
pulled away
lost ground
dropped out
crawfished
stepped back
backpedaledUS
did a fade
distanced oneself
regressed
did a bunk
done a fade
took a powder
made oneself scarce
done a bunk
moved out
made a getaway
taken a powder
broke
went
broken
gone
brake
gone backward
went backward
drawn away
drew away
went back
gone back
took to your heels
taken to your heels
Verb
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Past tense for to retreat or withdraw from a (hostile) place or situation
recoiled
retreated
withdrew
withdrawn
retired
fled
bolted
escaped
vamoosed
split
shrank
shrunk
shrunken
left
scarpered
quit
quitted
ran
run
resiled
pulled out
fell back
fallen back
ran away
run away
beat it
ran off
run off
turned tail
took off
taken off
backed off
made off
ran for it
run for it
cleared out
cut and run
legged it
peeled out
backed out
hightailed it
backed away
shied away
moved back
stepped back
turned away
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shrunk
shrugs off
shrugs
shrug off
shrugging off
shrugged off
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