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balk

verb

/bɔːk/

Meaning

to hesitate or refuse to proceed or comply

She balked at signing the contract without reading it fully.

balk at

hesitate, resist, refuse, recoil, flinch

accept, agree, comply

balk at, balk the idea, balking horse

to make something better or improve a bad situation

to learn about a subject, especially in an academic setting

to be required or obligated to

To increase energy, vigor or life force.

to find the exact position or place of something

To ask someone persistently or pressingly for something