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Verb: shrink back  shringk bak
  1. Pull away from a source of disgust or fear
    - retract

Derived forms: shrank back, shrinks back, shrinking back

Type of: blench, cringe, flinch, funk, quail, recoil, shrink, squinch [N. Amer], wince