about the bush, avert, avoid, bear off, beat around, beg the question, blench, blink, cringe, dodge, draw aside, draw back, duck, ease off, edge off, equivocate, evade, fade, fall back, fence, flinch, fly off, gee, glance, glance off, go off, hang back, haw, head off, hedge, hem and haw, jib, make way for, move aside, parry, pull away, pull back, pussyfoot, put off, quail, recoil, reel back, retreat, shift, shift off, shove aside, shrink, shrink back, shunt, shy, shy away, shy off, side, sidestep, sidetrack, sidle, start aside, start back, steer clear of, step aside, swerve, switch, turn aside, turn away, turn back, veer off, ward off, weasel, weasel out, wince