"shy away" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "shy + away.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shies away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shying away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shied away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shied away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "shy away (third-person singular simple present shies away, present participle shying away, simple past and past participle shied away)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"away\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "O. H. Krill, A Situation Report on Our Acquisition of Advanced Technology and Interaction with Alien Cultures\nThey may shy away if witnesses or law officers try to approach."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to draw back in fear, cringe, back down"
      ],
      "id": "en-shy_away-en-verb-GJQEZuLH",
      "links": [
        [
          "draw back",
          "draw back"
        ],
        [
          "cringe",
          "cringe"
        ],
        [
          "back down",
          "back down"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "shy away from"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to draw back, cringe",
          "word": "paeta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to draw back, cringe",
          "word": "vetäytyä"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shy away"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "shy + away.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shies away",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shying away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shied away",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shied away",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "shy away (third-person singular simple present shies away, present participle shying away, simple past and past participle shied away)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "shy away from"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"away\"",
        "English verbs",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Terms with Finnish translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "O. H. Krill, A Situation Report on Our Acquisition of Advanced Technology and Interaction with Alien Cultures\nThey may shy away if witnesses or law officers try to approach."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to draw back in fear, cringe, back down"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "draw back",
          "draw back"
        ],
        [
          "cringe",
          "cringe"
        ],
        [
          "back down",
          "back down"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to draw back, cringe",
      "word": "paeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to draw back, cringe",
      "word": "vetäytyä"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shy away"
}