Synonyms for shy away from
shy away from

Princeton's WordNet

1. shy away fromverb

   avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task

   "I shy away from this task"

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1. • Avoid

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1. Bethany Bomberger:

   We can't shy away from creating a foundation, a belief system, for our children, since kids are inundated with a culture that says things like ‘abortion is health care’ and 'abortion is women's rights,' we’re going to give them a standard by which they're going to weigh that information.

2. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake:

   We can not be timid in addressing this problem, and I am a mayor that does not shy away from our city's big challenges.

3. Greg Rutherford:

   I won't shy away from saying I always put a lot of pressure on Greg Rutherford, i will go into the Olympic Games expecting to win the Olympic Games. It is just how I see it and it's no disrespect to everybody else because there are some very good jumpers there.

4. Stephen Gostkowski:

   All I really think about is don't kick the ball too hard because a lot of times when I miss kicks, it's when I really try to kill it, i look forward to the opportunity. I think if you shy away from the opportunity, you have a good chance of going out there and second-guessing yourself.

5. Alberto Lammers:

   He's not going to shy away from hitting Trump, but that's just not his only platform.