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
Applethwaite	['æplθweit]
Edu	-	Portuguese
Arnaud	ar-NO	French
Takondwa	tah-KON-dwah	Southern African, Chewa
Tyyne	TUY:-ne	Finnish
Alfonso	ahl-FON-so (Spanish), ahl-FAWN-so (Italian)	Spanish, Italian