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shy away

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shy away
verbo intransitivo
también:
  • to s away from doing something -> no atreverse a hacer algo
  • to s away from something -> eludir algo

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shy away
verb:intransitive:plus_adverb
1 [+horse] asustarse; espantarse
The horse bared its teeth now at Tudur's approach, and Tudur's mount shied away
 [+person] asustarse
when I put a hand on his shirt he shied away
2
to shy away from sth huir or rehuir de algo; to shy away from doing sth tener miedo a hacer algo
we mustn't shy away from our responsibilities he doesn't shy away from controversy we mustn't shy away from taking control of the situation we mustn't shy away from taking a decision on this

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