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shy away from

/ʃaɪ əˈweɪ frɒm/

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verb

/ʃaɪ əˈweɪ frɒm/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения избегания или нерешительности в выполнении чего-либо из-за страха, неуверенности или неприязни.

A phrasal verb used to indicate avoiding or hesitating to do something due to fear, lack of confidence, or dislike.

uncountable · intransitive · phrasal, inseparable

  1. Avoid due to fear or lack of confidenceinformal

    To avoid doing something because you are nervous, afraid, or not confident.

    ruИзбегать

    • He shied away from making a decision.
    • She shies away from public speaking.
    • Don't shy away from asking for help when you need it.

    Synonymsavoidshrink from

    Antonymsconfrontembracefacetackle

Forms
  • shied away from past participle
  • shied away from past simple
  • shying away from present participle
  • shies away from third person singular

Base verbshy

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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