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shrink back

shrink back verb: to back away or retreat; to abandon an effort.

Verb

shrink back (third-person singular simple present shrinks back, present participle shrinking back, simple past shrank back or shrunk back, past participle shrunk back or shrunken back)

  1. To back away or retreat; to abandon an effort.
    Synonyms:
    shrink away

shrink back meaning in Odia

shrink back in Odia

to shrink back
ପଛାଇବା pachāibā

Synonyms of shrink back

Forms of shrink back

third-person singular presentshrinks back
present participleshrinking back
pastshrank back
pastshrunk back
past participleshrunk back
past participleshrunken back

Questions about shrink back

What does shrink back mean?
Shrink back means to back away or retreat; to abandon an effort.
What is shrink back in Odia?
Shrink back in Odia is ପଛାଇବା (pachāibā). See Shrink back meaning in Odia.
What part of speech is shrink back?
Shrink back is a verb.
What is the past tense of shrink back?
The past tense of shrink back is shrank back.

Words near shrink back in the dictionary

  1. shrines
  2. Shringar Nagar
  3. shrining
  4. shrink
  5. shrink away
  6. shrink back
  7. shrink band
  8. shrink down
  9. shrink rate
  10. shrink rates
  11. shrink ray

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shrink back (page history and authors); ପଛାଇବା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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