flinch fromsomething/doing something
phrasal verbwithflinchverb[I]uk/flɪntʃ/us/flɪntʃ/
toavoiddoing something that youconsiderunpleasantorpainful:
We must notflinchfromdifficultdecisions.
Avoiding action
- abrogate
- abrogation
- avoid
- avoidsomethinglike the plagueidiom
- avoidance
- eschew
- evade
- evader
- evasion
- fiddle
- fiddle around
- fight shy ofidiom
- insure
- short circuit
- shrink fromsomething
- shy away fromsomething
- sit onyourarseidiom
- skip out onsomeone/something
- steer
- welch