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flinch from

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flinch from someone or something
to move back suddenly from someone or something; to shrink (back) (from someone or something) suddenly. She struck at him and he flinched from her. At the last minute the center fielder flinched from the ball.


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McVicar does not flinch from the opera's dark themes, but when nailed home like this their ability to disturb is blunted.
He takes aim at academia and urban politics, and does not flinch from holding the common people responsible, at least in part, for the mess they have made of American land.
She does not flinch from the reality of the women's situation, but she is also sensitive to their ability to live on hope, in many cases, the hope of a time when they will not be bought and sold.
 
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