cringe before (someone or something)
cringe before (someone or something)
To shrink away from someone or something, usually out of fear. I cringed before my dad when he caught me sneaking in after curfew.
See also: before, cringe
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
cringe before someone or something
to cower or recoil in the presence of someone or something. Jeff cringed before the wrath of the policeman.
See also: before, cringe
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- cringe before
- cringe
- cringe away from
- cringe away from (someone or something)
- cringe from (someone or something)
- recoil at the thought (of someone or something)
- recoil
- recoil at the sight
- recoil at the sight (of someone or something)
- recede from (someone or something)