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
Khayri	-	Arabic
Boudewijn	BOW-də-vien, BOW-də-wien	Dutch
Bairnsfather	['bɛənz.fa:ðə]
Huri	-	Biblical
Yarona	-	Hebrew
Chiquita	[tʃi'ki:tə]