shrink away

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verb shrinks away · shrinking away · shrank away · shrunk away · shrunken away

To draw back in fear; cringe, back down, shy away. 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.

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@misc{shrink_away_2026,
  title = {shrink away},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shrink%20away},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}