cringe from (someone or something)
cringe from (someone or something)
To shrink back from someone or something, especially out of fear. I cringed from the snake and prayed that it wouldn't see me. The child cringed from the teacher after he raised his hand in anger.
See also: cringe
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- cringe
- cringe away from
- cringe away from (someone or something)
- cringe before
- cringe before (someone or something)
- cower (away) from (someone or something)
- cower from
- cower
- recede
- recede from