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shrinking back

shrinking back is the present participle and gerund of shrink back.

Meaning of shrink back

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

Questions about shrinking back

What is shrinking back the present participle and gerund of?
Shrinking back is the present participle and gerund of shrink back.

Words near shrinking back in the dictionary

  1. shrinkflation
  2. shrinkier
  3. shrinkiest
  4. shrinking
  5. shrinking away
  6. shrinking back
  7. shrinking down
  8. shrinking frog
  9. shrinking frogs
  10. shrinking up
  11. shrinking violet

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shrinking back (page history and authors); shrink back (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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