FIGHT SHY OF

Meaning of FIGHT SHY OF in English

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

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FIGHT SHY OF — phrasal to avoid facing or meeting
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FIGHT SHY OF — phrasal : to avoid meeting : refuse to face up to
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIGHT SHY OF — avoid, stay away from
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FIGHT SHY OF — : to avoid facing or meeting
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIGHT SHY OF — to avoid facing or meeting
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
FIGHT SHY OF — be unwilling to undertake or become involved with. → fight
Concise Oxford English vocab
FIGHT SHY OF — {v. phr.} To avoid; escape from. * /Jack always fights shy of anything that even remotely resembles serious work./
Slang English vocab
FIGHT SHY OF — FLINCH FROM, demur from, recoil from; have scruples about, have misgivings about, have qualms about, be averse to, be chary …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIGHT SHY OF — {v. phr.} To avoid; escape from. * /Jack always fights shy of anything that even remotely resembles serious work./
Словарь английских идиом
FIGHT SHY OF — избегать (кого-л., чего-л.)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIGHT SHY OF — избегать (кого-л., чего-л.)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FIGHT SHY OF — избегать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FIGHT SHY OF — избегать
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
FIGHT SHY OF — избегать ( кого-л., чего-л. )
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
FIGHT SHY OF — избегать (кого-л., чего-л.)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
FIGHT SHY OF — избегать (кого-л., чего-л.)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHY
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIGHT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SHY — (v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.
Английский словарь Webster
SHY — ( v. t. ) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SHY — shy 1 — shyer , n. — shyly , adv. — shyness , n. /shuy/ , adj., shyer or shier, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FIGHT — — fightable , adj. — fightability , n. — fightingly , adv. /fuyt/ , n. , v. , fought, fighting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHY
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIGHT — I. ˈfīt verb ( fought ˈfȯt ; fight·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English feohtan; akin to Old High …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SHY — noun a side throw; a throw; a fling. 2. shy ·superl cautious; wary; suspicious. 3. shy ·noun a sudden start …
Webster English vocab
FIGHT
Webster English vocab
SHY
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIGHT — [fight] vb fought ; fight.ing [ME, fr. OE feohtan; akin to OHG fehtan to fight and perh. to L pectere …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SHY — / ʃaɪ; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective ( shyer , shy·est ) 1. ( of people ) nervous …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT — / faɪt; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( fought , fought / fɔːt; NAmE /) IN WAR / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHY — I. shy 1 /ʃaɪ/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative shyer , superlative shyest ) [ Word Family: verb : ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FIGHT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SHY — adj., v., & n. --adj. (shyer, shyest or shier, shiest) 1 a diffident or uneasy in company; timid. b (of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
FIGHT
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHY — adj., v., & n. adj. (shyer, shyest or shier, shiest) 1 a diffident or uneasy in company; timid. b (of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
FIGHT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SHY — 1. adj., v., & n. --adj. (shyer, shyest or shier, shiest) 1. a diffident or uneasy in company; timid. b …
Oxford English vocab
FIGHT
Oxford English vocab
-SHY — -shy is added to nouns to form adjectives which indicate that someone does not like a particular thing, and tries …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SHY — ( shyer, shyest, shies, shying, shied) 1. A shy person is nervous and uncomfortable in the company of other people. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT — ( fights, fighting, fought) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
FIGHT — (~s, ~ing, fought) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you ~ …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SHY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIGHT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FIGHT — [noun] [C]The older boys broke up (= stopped)/started the fight.Have you got tickets for the big fight (= boxing competition)?I …
Cambridge English vocab
SHY — Synonyms and related words : Pyrrhonic, about the bush, afraid, agnostic, apprehensive, around the bush, arrested, averse, avert, avoid, back …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIGHT — Synonyms and related words : Olympic games, Olympics, a outrance, action, aerial combat, affray, against, aggression, aggressiveness, agonize, altercate, altercation, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHY — I. verb ADVERB ▪ violently PREPOSITION ▪ at ▪ Her horse shied violently at a gorse bush. Shy is used …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
FIGHT
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Longman Activator English vocab
FIGHT
Longman Activator English vocab
FIGHT — See ↑ ARGUE 1, ↑ COMPETE WITH 2, ↑ FIGHT 1,4,6,6,7,9, ↑ VOTE 7, ↑ WAR 2 ◆◆◆ • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
SHY — n. 25B6; adjective I was painfully shy : BASHFUL, diffident, timid, sheepish, reserved, reticent, introverted, retiring, self-effacing, withdrawn, timorous, mousy, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
FIGHT
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SHY — adj. 1 diffident, coy, bashful, retiring, withdrawn, withdrawing, reserved, timid, meek, modest, sheepish, unconfident, self-conscious, introverted, nervous, apprehensive, timorous, Rare …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIGHT — v. 1 contend (with), battle, conflict (with), encounter, war (against), engage, clash, take up arms (against), feud (with), combat, bear …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
FIGHT — verb BAD : They spent the whole night fighting against the fire. GOOD : They spent the whole night fighting …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SHY — I 1. сущ. неожиданный прыжок (в сторону) лошади. испугавшейся чего-л., шараханье 2. прил. 1) а) недоверчивый, подозрительный (of) (о человеке) …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FIGHT
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SHY
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
FIGHT
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SHY — I 1. shy сущ.неожиданный прыжок (в сторону) лошади. испугавшейся чего-л., шараханье 2. shy прил.1) а) недоверчивый, подозрительный (в чем-л. - …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
FIGHT
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SHY
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