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shrunk away

shrunk away is the simple past of shrink away.

shrunk away is the past participle of shrink away.

Meaning of shrink away

Verb

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

  1. To draw back in fear; cringe, back down, shy away.
    • But Tommy was bashful, and the attention he had thus drawn upon himself made him blush. He was a timid lad and he shrank away now, evidently fearing Shell.1912, Stratemeyer Syndicate, chapter 1, in Baseball Joe on the School Nine

Questions about shrunk away

What is shrunk away the simple past of?
Shrunk away is the simple past of shrink away.

Words near shrunk away in the dictionary

  1. shrumps
  2. Shrums
  3. shrund
  4. shrunds
  5. shrunk
  6. shrunk away
  7. shrunk back
  8. shrunk down
  9. shrunk up
  10. shrunken
  11. shrunken away

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