SHYING

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Definition

verb
  1. To avoid due to timidness or caution.
    “I shy away from investment opportunities I don't understand.”
  2. To jump back in fear.
    “The horse shied away from the rider, which startled him so much he shied away from the horse.”
  3. To throw sideways with a jerk; to fling
    “shy a slipper”
noun
  1. The act of one who shies or turns aside in fear.

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