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What is another word for
shying from
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Present participle for to keep away from something
Present participle for to get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
Present participle for withdraw
Present participle for to keep or withhold oneself from something
Present participle for to refuse or say no to
Present participle for to be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
Present participle for to deliberately or persistently avoid through antipathy or caution
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Verb
▲
Present participle for to keep away from something
avoiding
circumventing
shunning
bypassing
circumnavigating
keeping clear of
staying away from
steering clear of
dodging
evading
giving a wide berth to
shrinking from
sidestepping
balking at
getting around
giving something a miss
keeping at arm's length
keeping away from
keeping one's distance from
recoiling from
shying away from
staying shy of
fighting shy of
having no part of
having nothing to do with
turning away from
turning back on
refraining from
stopping
preventing
averting
shirking
desisting
skipping
abstaining
withstanding
skipping out on
escaping
precluding
resisting
staying away
restraining from
skirting
steering clear
shaking off
forbearing
abstaining from
helping
fending off
getting out of
warding off
keeping from
forbearing from
holding off
breaking the habit of
neutralising
UK
staving off
hindering
counterbalancing
making up for
arresting
impeding
shaking
prohibiting
anticipating
checking
eschewing
nullifying
blocking
negating
counteracting
neutralizing
US
obviating
heading off
interfering with
giving up
refusing
desisting from
leaving off
doing without
forgoing
denying oneself
withholding from
renouncing
kicking
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
avoiding
evading
dodging
escaping
shirking
brushing off
sidestepping
skirting
bypassing
dancing around
discounting
disregarding
ducking
eluding
ignoring
neglecting
overlooking
wriggling out of
dispensing with
getting around
pussyfooting around
running away from
shaking
skirting round
tergiversating
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
copping out of
fending off
funking
getting out of
giving the slip to
going around
keeping one's distance from
laying low from
paying no attention to
paying no heed to
paying no mind
shaking off
taking no notice of
tuning out
turning a blind eye to
turning back on
turning your back on
unheeding
unminding
declining
ducking out of
finessing
scaping
shirking from
shuffling out of
keeping off
shunning
circumventing
bilking
cutting
skiving
steering clear of
finding a way round
backing out of
finding a way out of
pulling out of
skiving off
giving a wide berth to
escaping from
giving the slip
eschewing
losing
fleeing
shucking
ditching
shying
flying
outrunning
leaving behind
running from
getting away from
breaking away from
staying away from
slipping away from
giving a wide berth
giving the runaround
slipping through the net of
staying shy of
slipping
frustrating
outwitting
doubling
thwarting
foiling
getting away
running around
shuffling off
skipping
missing
slipping through the net
slipping through your fingers
throwing off the scent
forgetting
scrimshanking
letting something slide
shrinking from
leaving something undone
sliding out of
playing truant from
bludging
dogging
cheating
skimping on
quitting
creeping
parrying
fencing
losing sight of
bobbing off
paying little attention to
sloughing off
balking
US
baulking
UK
baffling
taking fright
recoiling from
wussing out
turning tail
chickening out of
flinching from
baulking at
lying down on job
sneaking away
slipping out
escaping the clutches of
keeping your distance
leading on a merry chase
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for withdraw
backing out
abandoning
going back on
reneging
avoiding
backing down
backing off
backpedaling
US
backpedalling
UK
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
copping out
finking out
recanting
reneging on
repudiating
resigning
retreating from
scratching
surrendering
welshing
withdrawing
withdrawing from
begging off
calling off
chickening out
crying off
defaulting on
dropping out
failing to honour
giving up
pulling out
pulling out of
weaseling out
weaselling out
wiggling out
worming out
blowing it off
changing your mind
chickening out of
getting cold feet
getting cold feet about
throwing in the towel
having no stomach for
wimping out
funking out
losing your nerve
bottling it
wussing out
turning yellow
bowing out
thinking better of
bottling out
crapping out
piking on
yielding
retracting
repealing
revoking
recalling
reversing
backtracking
taking back
renouncing
rescinding
forswearing
abjuring
unsaying
dooing an about-face
eating your words
disavowing
disclaiming
abnegating
foreswearing
countermanding
withcalling
backtracking on
going back
doing an about-turn
doing a U-turn
going back on your word
breaking your word
backing out of
aborting
scrapping
dropping
scrubbing
calling
denying
defaulting
breaking
disowning
annulling
changing
about-facing
giving way
rowing back on
dialing back
breaking a promise
worming out of
budging
relinquishing
contradicting
breaking promise
calling back
getting out
ducking out
doing a volte-face
rethinking
throwing over
opting out
standing down
abrogating
apostatizing
nullifying
voiding
forsaking
retreating
compromising
retroceding
apologizing
US
retrograding
doing an about-turn on
having change of heart
forgetting it
drawing back
eliminating
excluding
receding
suspending
doing a U-turn on
falling back
changing mind
ruling out
apologising
UK
changing one's tune
copping out of
U-turning
having second thoughts
welshing on
coming round
flip-flopping
ratting on
coming around
relenting
excusing oneself
stopping
submitting
calling it a day
giving in
admitting defeat
caving in
laying down arms
capitulating
welching
failing to honor
backing down on
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to keep or withhold oneself from something
avoiding
cutting out
abstaining from
refraining from
foregoing
forgoing
quitting
ceasing
dropping
forsaking
giving up
passing on
shunning
skipping
denying oneself
doing without
eschewing
going without
halting
laying off
passing up
resisting
restraining from
stopping
suspending
swearing off
waiving
abandoning
desisting
dispensing with
ditching
forbearing from
getting off
holding off
leaving off
leaving out
not touching
packing in
reining in
staying away from
steering clear of
withholding from
calling a halt to
desisting from
keeping off
skipping out on
renouncing
abstaining
giving something a miss
forswearing
kicking
leaving alone
sitting out
keeping from
abjuring
forbearing
refraining
refusing
declining
not having
repudiating
disavowing
suffering deprivation
spurning
letting alone
missing out on
dispensing
enduring
relinquishing
sacrificing
parting with
yielding
saying goodbye to
keeping away from
managing without
wanting
needing
lacking for something
going hungry
going short
falling short
lacking
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refuse or say no to
declining
refusing
rejecting
passing
desisting
dismissing
rebuffing
snubbing
spurning
denying
repudiating
shunning
abjuring
forbearing
forgoing
renouncing
avoiding
disapproving
repulsing
eschewing
demurring
reprobating
baulking at
demurring at
knocking back
passing on
passing up
saying no to
turning down
abstaining from
brushing aside
balking at
refraining from
desisting from
not accepting
withholding from
opting out
refusing to take advantage of
look down one's nose at
opting out of
shaking one's head
giving the red light
giving the thumbs down
discounting
disregarding
deselecting
nixing
skipping
overlooking
ignoring
missing
negativing
not heeding
giving the thumbs down to
throwing out
blocking
disallowing
vetoing
prohibiting
negating
forbidding
withholding
interdicting
revoking
preventing
ruling out
shooting down
giving the red light to
throwing over
giving thumbs down to
discountenancing
opposing
giving something a miss
resisting
banning
precluding
begrudging
tabooing
excluding
restraining
giving the brush-off to
enjoining from
turning thumbs down
standing in the way
scorning
overthrowing
disdaining
outvoting
withdrawing
repelling
protesting
restricting
stonewalling
stoppering
stymieing
saying no
brushing off
dispensing with
turning away
blackballing
fettering
defeating
holding out
setting aside
holding back
protesting at
turning from
holding off
not caring for
turning back on
drawing the line at
turning deaf ear to
sending off
not buying
jibbing at
refusing to receive
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to be unwilling to accept an idea or undertaking
baulking
UK
balking
US
eschewing
desisting
disdaining
jibbing
resisting
scorning
shrinking from
refusing
demurring from
quailing at
refusing to
shying away
drawing back from
jibbing at
reining in
scrupling to
stopping short
turning down
hating to
taking exception to
drawing the line at
Verb
▲
Present participle for to deliberately or persistently avoid through antipathy or caution
shunning
avoiding
snubbing
dismissing
rebuffing
repudiating
cutting
declining
disdaining
ignoring
ostracising
UK
ostracizing
US
refusing
rejecting
scorning
spurning
bilking
ditching
neglecting
snouting
staying clear of
giving someone the brush-off
giving the brush
giving the runaround
having no part in
standing aloof from
staying shy of
turning away from
turning back on
cold-shouldering
giving a wide berth
giving someone the go-by
having no part of
having nothing to do with
keeping one's distance from
not touching
brushing off
knocking back
leaving alone
shying away from
telling someone where to get off
balking at
cutting dead
freezing out
giving a wide berth to
keeping away from
passing up
recoiling from
sending to Coventry
shrinking from
steering clear of
stiff-arming
turning down
fighting shy of
keeping clear of
putting down
giving the cold shoulder
shaking off
palming off
giving the bum's rush
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