sheer off
66 synonyms found
- about the bush
- avert
- avoid
- bear off
- beat around
- beg the question
- blench
- blink
- cringe
- dodge
- draw aside
- draw back
- duck
- ease off
- edge off
- equivocate
- evade
- fade
- fall back
- fence
- flinch
- fly off
- gee
- glance
- glance off
- go off
- hang back
- haw
- head off
- hedge
- hem and haw
- jib
- make way for
- move aside
- parry
- pull away
- pull back
- pussyfoot
- put off
- quail
- recoil
- reel back
- shift off
- shove aside
- shrink
- shrink back
- shunt
- shy
- shy away
- shy off
- sidestep
- sidetrack
- sidle
- start aside
- start back
- steer clear of
- step aside
- swerve
- turn aside
- turn away
- turn back
- veer off
- ward off
- weasel
- weasel out
- wince
Definition
(n) :
excl. (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders and other duties; a judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom