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| flinch [ flinch ] (past and past participle flinched, present participle flinch·ing, 3rd person present singular flinch·es) |
intransitive verb |
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1. react physically to pain or fear: to make an involuntary small backward movement in response to pain or something frightening or shocking
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2. avoid confronting: to avoid thinking about something, confronting something, or doing something
  We will not flinch from danger.
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| [Mid-16th century. < Old French flenchir "turn aside" < Germanic, "to bend"] |
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| flinch·er noun |
| flinch·ing·ly adverb |
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