to be unwilling to do sth that is difficult or unpleasant :
We made it clear to them that we would not shrink from confrontation.
[+ -ing ]
They did not shrink from doing what was right.
to be unwilling to do sth that is difficult or unpleasant :
We made it clear to them that we would not shrink from confrontation.
[+ -ing ]
They did not shrink from doing what was right.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005