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单词 to shrink out of the collar
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to shrink out of the collar
b. to shrink out of the collar: to back out, esp. of an enterprise. Obsolete.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > withdraw from an engagement or promise
starta1450
fang1522
recidivate1528
to draw back1572
flinch1578
to shrink collar1579
retract1616
to shrink out of the collar1636
renege1651
to fly off1667
to slip (the) collarc1677
to declare off1749
to cry off1775
to back out1807
to fight off1833
crawfish1848
welsh1871
to pull out1884
1636 R. Basset in tr. G. A. de Paoli Lives Rom. Emperors 383 Some powerfull Protestant commanders..who shrunk out of the coller of obedience.
1667 S. Pepys Diary 7 May (1974) VIII. 204 Sir W. Pen like a false rogue shrinking out of the collar..so that the whole odium must fall on me.
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