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
Joep	YOOP	Dutch
Raeburn	RAY-bərn	English (Rare)
Belinda	bə-LIN-də	English
Dewi (2)	-	Indonesian
ÚRsula	OOR-soo-lə (Portuguese), OOR-soo-lah (Spanish)	Portuguese, Spanish
Else	[els]