shrink from

phrasal verb

shrank from or shrunk from; shrunk from or shrunken from; shrinking from; shrinks from

: to try to avoid (something difficult or unpleasant) : to be unwilling to do (something)

He doesn't shrink from telling the truth, no matter how painful it may be.

She won't shrink from the task.

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That's why universities shouldn't enable students to shrink from discomfort. —

Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 The measured progress comes as Mayor Brandon Johnson’s spending plan calls for the CPD reform management group responsible for tracking reform efforts consistent with the consent decree to shrink from 19 to 17 staff members. —

Chicago Tribune, 20 Nov. 2024 In its final days, circulation had shrunk from 5,500 to 3,000. —

Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 14 Nov. 2024 Cabarrus County, North Carolina Cabarrus County in the suburbs of Charlotte has also gone red in the previous two elections, though Trump's margin shrunk from 20 points in 2016 to nine in 2020. —

Ivana Saric, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shrink from