"shy away" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: shies away [present, singular, third-person], shying away [participle, present], shied away [participle, past], shied away [past]
Etymology: shy + away. Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} shy away (third-person singular simple present shies away, present participle shying away, simple past and past participle shied away)
  1. to draw back in fear, cringe, back down Related terms: shy away from Translations (to draw back, cringe): paeta (Finnish), vetäytyä (Finnish)

Inflected forms

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