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QUAIL AT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does quail at mean?
• QUAIL AT (verb)
The verb QUAIL AT has 1 sense:
1. anticipate with dread or anxiety
Familiarity information: QUAIL AT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anticipate with dread or anxiety
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
apprehend; quail at
Hypernyms (to "quail at" is one way to...):
anticipate; look for; look to (be excited or anxious about)
"Quail at" entails doing...:
dread; fear (be afraid or scared of; be frightened of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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