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What does gun-shy mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word gun-shy? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Afraid of guns, or the noise they make.
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I was really gun-shy about signing anything, let alone signing a contract with a management company.
But if you put pressure on him, he's awful throwing outside the pocket and also has a tendency to get gun-shy, and he starts throwing off his back foot.
Despite all the money that the central bank has pumped out, industrial companies remain gun-shy about taking on new debt to finance investment.
Drew is gun-shy talking about himself, knowing all too well his reputation.
With the stock market grinding down the value of shares, gun-shy investors are flocking to bonds to diversify assets and safeguard their investment dollars.
Some countries are gun-shy, hesitant to send peacekeepers into what the Pentagon now admits is a raging guerrilla war.

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