recoil at the sight
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recoil at the sight (of someone or something) and recoil at the thought (of someone or something)

Fig. to flinch or cringe at the sight or thought of someone or something. Sally recoiled at the sight of Gerry, who had said something unspeakable. Mary recoiled at the very thought.

See also: recoil, sight

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Doesn't Bush realize that the parents of the nation's young volunteer servicemen and women recoil at the thought of prisoners being shackled in stress positions, unable to stand or sit, until they defecate on themselves and pass out from pain? A legacy of shame by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) Most men would recoil at the thought of driving a minivan, so if your husband would be sharing driving duties, you might have to talk it out with him. SUVs Vs. Minivans Making the Right Choice by Tom McKnight / Automotive community I know some people recoil at the thought of addicts sitting around shooting up but we are living with the alternative and it's not working. If your children were addicis where would you want them to get drugs? ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)			recede from receipt receive receive as receive back receive from receive from some place receive into receive with open arms recharge batteries reckon reckon among reckon as reckon into reckon with reckon without reckoning reclaim from recognize recognize as recognize by recognize for recognize for what it is recoil recoil at the sight recoil at the thought recoil from recommend recommend as recommend for recommend to recompense for reconcile reconcile oneself to reconcile with reconstruct from record record from record in record on recount to recoup from recover from recruit recruit for recruit from recruit into recuperate from red red as a cherry red eye			recognizedly Recognizee Recognizee recognizer recognizer recognizer Recognizer Output Voting Error Reduction recognizers recognizers recognizes recognizes recognizes recognizing recognizing recognizing recognizing recognizing Recognizing and Responding to Suicide Risk Recognizing Excellence in Achievement and Professionalism Recognizing Youth as Resources Recognizor Recognosce recoil recoil recoil recoil recoil Recoil Actuated Pivoting Torsion Orbital Retractor recoil adapter recoil at the sight recoil at the thought Recoil booster Recoil brake Recoil brake recoil click Recoil compensator Recoil Corrected Continuum Shell Model Recoil Distance Doppler Shift Recoil dynamometer recoil electron Recoil escapement Recoil escapement recoil from recoil from with pride recoil implantation recoil ion spectroscopy recoil mechanism recoil milking recoil oil recoil on recoil on recoil on recoil on recoil particle recoil pit recoil upon recoil upon recoil upon recoil upon recoil velocity recoil wave

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