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baulk

Baulk is the British version of the world balk. It meansto stop short of or avoid on purpose. (verb)

An example of baulk is to change the subject when someone asks a question about a sensitive topic.

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See baulk in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See baulk in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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