FIGHT SHY OF STH / OF DOING STH

Meaning of FIGHT SHY OF STH / OF DOING STH in English

to be unwilling to accept sth or do sth, and to try to avoid it :

Successive governments have fought shy of such measures.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — брит. ; сокр. от south , southern юг; южный Sth Wales — Южный Уэльс
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
STH — брит.; сокр. от south, southern юг; южный Sth Wales — Южный Уэльс
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DOING
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOING — THAT WAS YOUR ~: ta vu es culpabil, pri to vu es responsabil
English interlingue dictionary
DOING — buhat
English-Visayan vocabulary
DOING — noun Date: 14th century the act of performing or executing ; action , 2. plural things that are done or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SHY
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FIGHT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOING — noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of don to do — more at do 1. a. : …
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
DOING — (n.) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
Английский словарь Webster
DOING — (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Do
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
DOING — ( p. pr. & vb. n. ) of Do
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — ( n. ) Anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the plural, conduct; behavior. See Do.
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
DOING — /dooh"ing/ , n. 1. action; performance; execution: Your misfortune is not of my doing. 2. doings , deeds; proceedings; happenings; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOING — n. act, deed
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
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
DOING — noun Date: 14th century 1. : the act of performing or executing : action that will take a great deal …
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
DOING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of do. 2. doing ·noun anything done; a deed; an action good or bad; hence, in the …
Webster English vocab
DOING — ■ noun 1》 (also ~s ) the activities in which someone engages. 2》 activity or effort: it would take some …
Concise Oxford 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
DOING — doing BrE AmE ˈdu ː ‿ɪŋ ▷ doing|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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
DOING — / ˈduːɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ C , usually pl. , U ] a thing done or caused by sb …
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
DOING — do ‧ ing /ˈduːɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: verb : ↑ do , ↑ outdo , ↑ overdo …
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
DOING — n. 1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, …
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
DOING — n. 1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, …
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
DOING — n.1 a an action; the performance of a deed (famous for his doings; it was my doing). b activity, effort …
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
DOING — [noun] [U]Is this your doing? (= Did you do this?)It was none of my doing.Running a marathon takes some/a lot …
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
DOING — See: NOTHING DOING.
Slang English vocab
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
SHY
Longman Activator English vocab
FIGHT
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