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shy away from

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  1. shy away fromverb

    avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task

    "I shy away from this task"

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  1. Noura Hussein:

    People shy away from this conversation in Sudan, it's a taboo, i hope that people will now feel comfortable to speak about to their parents and grandparents about it.

  2. Danny DeVito:

    Wherever I am, it's a really good feeling to have that connection to people. I love to go out to talk to people and be with folks. I don't shy away from it.

  3. Justice Scalia:

    My father would seldom shy away from disagreeing, but nor would Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, if you couldn't give him a good argument, he might think less of you.

  4. Ryan Walk:

    He’s a great leader, he’s willing to step up in those big moments and he’s not afraid to shy away from those moments. He shows that time and time again, we saw that tonight, when the going was getting tough there he stepped up, grabbed the offense, he said, `We're going to get this thing right, let's get it going.'.

  5. Peter Meyers:

    Companies could theoretically issue a mandate, but in the current political climate it is very unlikely they will do so, americans tend to shy away from mandates.

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