fight shy of (doing) something
to try to avoid doing something or being involved in something

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fight shy of
fight shy of (something/doing something)
to try to avoid something.
He fought shy of entering his poems in the competition, although everyone said he should.

Ellen fights shy of parties - she hates crowds.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

fight shy of something
fight shy of (something/doing something)
to try to avoid something.
He fought shy of entering his poems in the competition, although everyone said he should.

Ellen fights shy of parties - she hates crowds.

[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲

fight shy of
v. phr. To avoid; escape from.
Jack always fights shy of anything that even remotely resembles serious work.

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