shy away fromsomething
phrasal verbwithshyverbuk/ʃaɪ/us/ʃaɪ/
toavoidsomething that youdislike,fear, or do notfeelconfidentabout:
I've nevershiedaway from hardwork.
Avoiding action
- abrogate
- abrogation
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- eschew
- evade
- evader
- evasion
- fiddle
- fiddle around
- fight shy ofidiom
- insure
- shirk
- short circuit
- shrink fromsomething
- sit onyourarseidiom
- skip out onsomeone/something
- steer
- welch