edge away

edge away (from someone or something)

to move cautiously away from someone or something. We edged away from the dirty man in the ragged clothes. As others saw the gun, they edged away.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Stephanie	STEF-ə-nee (English), SHTE-fah-nee (German)	English, German
Hadewych	HAH-də-veekh, HAH-də-weekh	Dutch
Vassilis	-	Greek
Nevio	NE-vyo	Italian
Rizwana	-	Urdu, Arabic
Talita	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)