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Contexts Past tense for to keep away from something Past tense for to feel fear, horror, or disgust at the thought of something Past tense for to shun or cast something aside Past tense for to hesitate or refuse to proceed due to fear, aversion, or reluctance Verb ▲ Past tense for to keep away from something avoided circumvented shunned bypassed circumnavigated kept clear of stayed away from steered clear of dodged evaded gave a wide berth to given a wide berth to shrank from shrunk from shied from sidestepped balked at got around gotten around gave something a miss given something a miss kept at arm's length kept away from kept one's distance from recoiled from stayed shy of fought shy of had no part of had nothing to do with turned away from turned back on snubbed ignored cut cold-shouldered left alone cut dead put down repudiated dismissed rebuffed spurned disdained rejected scorned ostracizedUS refused declined bilked neglected eschewed ditched ostracisedUK snouted stayed clear of had no part in stood aloof from not touched brushed off told someone where to get off knocked back stiff-armed palmed off sent to Coventry turned down given the cold shoulder passed up gave the cold shoulder gave the runaround given someone the brush-off gave the brush given the runaround given the brush gave someone the brush-off given someone the go-by gave a wide berth gave someone the go-by given a wide berth shook off froze out gave the bum's rush shaken off frozen out given the bum's rush held back from taken a rain check abstained from took a rain check Verb ▲ Past tense for to feel fear, horror, or disgust at the thought of something recoiled baulked at felt abhorrence at felt disgust at felt revulsion at hesitated at shrank from shrunk from flinched shrunk rebelled felt repugnance pulled back flinched from pulled back from shied away shrunken shrank shown repugnance showed repugnance Verb ▲ Past tense for to shun or cast something aside abdicated forsook forsaken repudiated abandoned avoided rejected spurned shunned disowned shirked refused deserted steered clear of gave a wide berth to given a wide berth to had nothing to do with stayed clear of turned your back on weaseled out of weaselled out of turned back on cast aside opted out let well enough alone eluded renounced abjured sacrificed relinquished disavowed dodged dropped abnegated refrained from escaped evaded disdained disclaimed ducked kicked abstained denied scaped finessed refrained disaffirmed shied eschewed fought shy of shuffled out of dispensed with had no truck with jacked in packed in kept clear of reneged on not touched forgone forswore forwent forsworn shaken shook gainsaid given up gave up abstained from gotten around swore off sworn off got around Verb ▲ Past tense for to hesitate or refuse to proceed due to fear, aversion, or reluctance jibbed wavered faltered hesitated shied baulkedUK balkedUS flinched quailed recoiled shrank from shrunk from recoiled from baulked at boggled at demurred at drew back from drawn back from fought shy of retreated from shied at stopped short of demurred thought twice about hung back had qualms about had misgivings about dithered scrupled hung back from had scruples about vacillated about vacillated doubted boggled shrunk disrelished shilly-shallied hesitated to minded doing something had qualms flinched from had reservations about wavered about scrupled about demurred from teetered staggered halted wabbled wobbled balanced shrunken shrank fretted stickled worried hated to shied away demurred about thought twice quailed at stuck at balked at Find more words! 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