flinch

  • 31flinch from (doing) something — usually in negatives phrase to avoid dealing with a difficult responsibility or decision We won’t flinch from making tough decisions. Thesaurus: to avoid doing something, or to avoid somethingsynonym Main entry: flinch …

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  • 32flinch from something — ˈflinch from sth | ˈflinch from doing sth derived (often used in negative sentences) to avoid thinking about or doing sth unpleasant • He never flinched from facing up to trouble. Main entry: ↑flinchderived …

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  • 33flinch from doing something — ˈflinch from sth | ˈflinch from doing sth derived (often used in negative sentences) to avoid thinking about or doing sth unpleasant • He never flinched from facing up to trouble. Main entry: ↑flinchderived …

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  • 34Flinch (song) — Infobox Single Name = Flinch Caption = Japanese Under Rug Swept promo CD Artist = Alanis Morissette from Album = Under Rug Swept A side = B side = Released = Mid 2002 Format = Radio single Recorded = Genre = Pop Length = 6:03 Label = Maverick… …

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  • 35flinch from — avoid through fear or anxiety. → flinch …

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  • 36flinch — Synonyms and related words: avoid, avoidance, be startled, blanch, blench, blink, boggle, cower, cringe, demur, dodge, draw back, draw in, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, evasion, fade, fall back, fallback, falter, fight shy of, funk, hang… …

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  • 37flinch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. wince, shrink, recoil. See cowardice, fear. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. start, shrink back, blench, recoil; see wince . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. recoil, wince, cringe, shrink, jump, cower,… …

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  • 38flinch — see LINK …

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  • 39flinch — flɪntʃ n. act of wincing or recoiling in fear, show of fear v. wince, shrink, recoil, draw back, show fear or pain …

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  • 40flinch — v. n. Shrink, withdraw, retreat, swerve, wince, draw back, hold back …

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