shrink away
Verb
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Verb
shrink away
- to draw back in fear; cringe, back down, shy away
- 1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
- But Tommy was bashful, and the attention he had thus drawn upon himself made him blush. He was a timid lad and he shrank away now, evidently fearing Shell.
- 1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, Baseball Joe on the School Nine Chapter 1
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