"shy away from" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: shies away from [present, singular, third-person], shying away from [participle, present], shied away from [participle, past], shied away from [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=shy away from}} shy away from (third-person singular simple present shies away from, present participle shying away from, simple past and past participle shied away from)
  1. To avoid out of fear or caution. Translations (avoid out of fear or caution): vältellä (Finnish), astenersi (Italian), evitare (Italian), 꺼리다 (kkeorida) (Korean), stronić [imperfective] (Polish), strániť sa (Slovak), bočiť od (Slovak), vyhýbať sa (Slovak), escurrir el bulto (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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