Usually means: Avoid due to apprehension, fear.
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  1. shy away from: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shy away from: Merriam-Webster
  3. shy away from: Vocabulary.com
  4. shy away from: Wiktionary
  5. shy away from: Dictionary.com
  6. shy away from: Rhymezone
  7. shy away from: FreeDictionary.org
  8. shy away from: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. shy away from: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shy away from: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shy away from: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shy away from)

▸ verb:  To avoid out of fear or caution.

Similar:
fight shy of, fight shy, shy away, chicken out, eschew, keep away from, shrink away, shirk, keep out of, avoid, more...

Opposite:
embrace, approach, confront, tackle

Adjectives:
wust, importune, mischancy, hexed, ne'er-do-well, unchancy, dangerous, dodgy, woe, perdu, slight

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Similar:
fight shy of, fight shy, shy away, chicken out, eschew, keep away from, shrink away, shirk, keep out of, avoid, more...

Opposite:
embrace, approach, confront, tackle

Adjectives:
wust, importune, mischancy, hexed, ne'er-do-well, unchancy, dangerous, dodgy, woe, perdu, slight



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