shrink from
phrasal verb
shrank from or shrunk from; shrunk from or shrunken from; shrinking from; shrinks from
: to try to avoid (something difficult or unpleasant) : to be unwilling to do (something)
He doesn't shrink from telling the truth, no matter how painful it may be.
She won't shrink from the task.
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The mid-2010s Instagram vibe is augmented by the floods of emoji or comments that crowd the screen as Belle and Milla drink in the attention or shrink from criticism.
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
Trouble is, the world and America’s rivals don’t stand still while the West agonizes thus internally and shrinks from its global commitments.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
Those two points meant everything to gamblers who received or gave 9.5 points as the final margin shrank from 11 to 9.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
Economists at BofA, Goldman and JPMorgan expect the median projection to shrink from the prior forecast of four 25 basis-point cuts next year to three, projecting an end-of-2025 target range of 3.5%-3.75%.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Feb. 2025
Trouble is, the world and America’s rivals don’t stand still while the West agonizes thus internally and shrinks from its global commitments.
—Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 29 Jan. 2025
Those two points meant everything to gamblers who received or gave 9.5 points as the final margin shrank from 11 to 9.
—David K. Li, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2025
Economists at BofA, Goldman and JPMorgan expect the median projection to shrink from the prior forecast of four 25 basis-point cuts next year to three, projecting an end-of-2025 target range of 3.5%-3.75%.
—Derek Saul, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Shrink from.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shrink%20from. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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