shy

/ʃaɪ/ verb [I]

Translation

› If a horse shies, it moves backwards suddenly because it has been frightened by something.

ürkmek

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shy away from sth phrasal verb

› to avoid doing something, usually because you are not confident enough to do it

çekinmek, kaçınmak

He tends to shy away from public speaking.1859

(Definition of shy verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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