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shrinks back

shrinks back is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 shrinks back

What is shrinks back the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shrinks back is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shrink back.

Words near shrinks back in the dictionary

  1. shrinkings
  2. shrinkproof
  3. shrinkproofness
  4. shrinks
  5. shrinks away
  6. shrinks back
  7. shrinks down
  8. shrinks up
  9. shrinkwrap
  10. shrinkwrap license
  11. shrinkwrap licenses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shrinks 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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