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fights shy ofphrasepresent tense third-person singular 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. avoids, dodges, ducks, eludes, escapes, eschews, evades, finesses, gets around, scapes, shakes, shirks, shuffles (out of), shuns, weasels (out of) missesaverts, deflects, diverts, obviates, parries, prevents, wards (off)bans, bars, debars, eliminates, excepts, excludes, precludes, rules outbypasses, circumvents, skirtsfoils, foxes, frustrates, outfoxes, outsmarts, outwits, overreaches, thwarts keeps clear of, stays clear of, steers clear of accepts, courts, embraces, pursues, seeks, welcomescatches, contracts, incurs |