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What does shy away from mean?

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Verb
  1. to avoid, evade
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Asparagus beetles tend to shy away from asparagus when tomatoes, parsley or basil are planted nearby.
But why, in general, does mathematics education shy away from placing our decimal numeration into the framework of positional systems?
Being alive is a very intense experience, we all shy away from it preferring an ambulatory twilight sleep.
It's hard to define precisely, and even bands within this genre shy away from giving it an exact title.
People shy away from us in clubs, scared we may revert to line dancing or rowing or some other sad form of choreography.
This time, BMW seems to be aiming at 3-series customers who shy away from the larger cars and their lairy image.

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