flinch from

flinch from someone or something

to move back suddenly from someone or something; to shrink (back) (from someone or something) suddenly. She struck at him and he flinched from her. At the last minute the center fielder flinched from the ball.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Hanley	['hænli]
Marcio	MAHR-thyo (Spanish), MAHR-syo (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Hart	[ha:t]
Simin	-	Persian
Artemius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Perce	PURS	English