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• Verbo frasal que significa sentir ou demonstrar medo ou apreensão diante de algo; recuar ou evitar um desafio ou ameaça.

A phrasal verb meaning to feel or show fear or apprehension about something; to flinch or shrink back from a challenge or threat.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Show fear or hesitationformal

   To feel or show fear, hesitation, or reluctance when faced with something difficult or unpleasant.

   Mostrar medo ou hesitação

   • He quailed at the thought of giving a speech in front of the crowd.
   • She quailed at the prospect of climbing the steep mountain.
   • The soldiers quailed at the sight of the enemy's overwhelming forces.

   Sinônimosshrink fromshy away from

   Antônimosbraveconfrontface

Verbo basequail