shy away from

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shy away from

verb shies away from · shying away from · shied away from

To avoid out of fear or caution. The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly funny,

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verb avoid out of fear or caution

Español	escurrir el bulto, rehuir
한국어	꺼리다 kkeorida
Italiano	astenersi, evitare, rifuggire

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@misc{shy_away_from_2026,
  title = {shy away from},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shy%20away%20from},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}