"fight shy of" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-fight shy of.ogg Forms: fights shy of [present, singular, third-person], fighting shy of [participle, present], fought shy of [participle, past], fought shy of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fight<,,fought> shy of}} fight shy of (third-person singular simple present fights shy of, present participle fighting shy of, simple past and past participle fought shy of)
  1. (idiomatic) To avoid something. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-fight_shy_of-en-verb-HNJnVN9F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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