shy away from en · VERB
Meanings
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To avoid out of fear or caution.
The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly funny, detract from the poignancy and the emotional intimacy of the episode.
2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| shies away from | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| shying away from | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shied away from | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| shied away from | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Translations (13)
sk vyhýbať sa (avoid out of fear or caution) · es escurrir el bulto (avoid out of fear or caution) · it rifuggire (avoid out of fear or caution) · it astenersi (avoid out of fear or caution) · sk strániť sa (avoid out of fear or caution) · pl stronić (avoid out of fear or caution) · pl wzbraniać się (avoid out of fear or caution) · it evitare (avoid out of fear or caution) · fi vältellä (avoid out of fear or caution) · ko 꺼리다 (avoid out of fear or caution) · sk bočiť od (avoid out of fear or caution) · es rehuir (avoid out of fear or caution) · pl wzbronić się (avoid out of fear or caution)