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SHY AWAY FROM
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task
Example:
I shy away from this task
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "shy away from" is one way to...):
avoid (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
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