medicopsychology : metallurgy : traditional Chinese medicinal materials > shrink
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English Expression
  1. :  chicken out,  retraction,  shrink
  2. n.:  pull in one's horns,  wilt,  shrink back,  shrink away,  move back,  keep back,  haul in one's horns,  draw in one's horns,  fall back (on),  wince
  3. v.:  cower,  baulk,  sb, esp through fear or disgust,  balk,  flinch
  4. vi.:  reel,  cringe
French Expression
  1. v.  reculer, se dérober, rétrograder
Thesaurus
flinch, make a sudden movement because of fear, move back or lower one's body in fear, quail