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
Nikole	ni-KOL (English)	Basque, English
Luka	-	Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Macedonian, Georgian, Old Church Slavic
Bentley	BENT-lee	English
PÄIvi	PIE-vee	Finnish
Todd	TAHD	English
Ilija	-	Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian