Usually means: Withdraw or recoil from fear.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (shrink back)

▸ verb:  To back away or retreat; to abandon an effort.

Similar:
retract, shrink, shrink away, pull back, recede, draw back, retreat, fall back, backstep, back off, more...

Phrases:
to shrink back, more...

Adjectives:
receding, fallback, retracted, retrograde, recess, rear, ebb, back, recessional, reverse, void

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Similar:
retract, shrink, shrink away, pull back, recede, draw back, retreat, fall back, backstep, back off, more...

Phrases:
to shrink back, more...

Adjectives:
receding, fallback, retracted, retrograde, recess, rear, ebb, back, recessional, reverse, void



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