fight shy of
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"It would change the whole face of British business. Investors would fight shy of firms that can't show they're ready," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2021
I don’t see him running an antiques shop in the Cotswolds but I would fight shy of killing him off.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2020
Opera is expensive, and audiences often fight shy of contemporary works.
From Time ● Oct. 21, 2014
The rest of the publishing industry may be in crisis: the Kindle generation may fight shy of spending more on an 800-page novel than on a kingsize Lion bar.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2014
“The only thing is will they fight shy of it now, as they did in cold blood?”
From The Sirdar's Oath A Tale of the North-West Frontier by Bertram Mitford
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