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fought shy ofphrasepast tense of fight shy of to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickeryThey'd always managed to fight shy of legal recourse. avoided, dodged, ducked, eluded, escaped, eschewed, evaded, finessed, got around, scaped, shirked, shook, shuffled (out of), shunned, weaseled (out of) missedaverted, deflected, diverted, obviated, parried, prevented, warded (off)banned, barred, debarred, eliminated, excepted, excluded, precluded, ruled outbypassed, circumvented, skirtedfoiled, foxed, frustrated, outfoxed, outsmarted, outwitted, overreached, thwarted kept clear of, stayed clear of, steered clear of accepted, courted, embraced, pursued, sought, welcomedcaught, contracted, incurred |