SHY AWAY FROM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shy away from mean? 

• SHY AWAY FROM (verb)
  The verb SHY AWAY FROM has 1 sense:

1. avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task

  Familiarity information: SHY AWAY FROM used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHY AWAY FROM (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

I shy away from this task

Hypernyms (to "shy away from" is one way to...):

avoid (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s VERB-ing