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balk at

To be hesitant about doing something or to refuse to do it. My dog balked at leaving the park. The young performer balked at taking the stage at the talent show.

balk at the idea (of something)

To indignantly reject or recoil from a given idea, topic, or suggestion. He balked at the idea of reducing the number of staff to pay for an increase to the executives' pay.

balk at something

to resist and object to something; to shy away from doing something. I hope they don't balk at finishing their work. They will probably balk at it.

balk at

1. To stop short and refuse to go on to do something: The horse balked at jumping over the fence.

2. To refuse something obstinately or abruptly: The politician balked at the compromise suggested by the opposing party.

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Real estate executives involved in the auction said that Jerry Speyer of Tishman Speyer Properties, Abycq Rosen of RFF Holdings, Mortimer Zuckerman of Boston Properties and Steven Roth of Vornado Realty Trust expressed interest in buying the tower, but some balked at the expected $750 million price tag, according to reports.

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If one of the property owners balked and sued to prevent the taking of their building, the outcome may be unpredictable, Morgenstern said.

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Penney would have balked at such a blatantly contemptuous image," while the "National Education Association and minority civil rights brigade would have made a federal discrimination case out of it."