shrink from

Meanwhile, the number of judges serving on the Supreme Court would shrink from 11 to nine, and their term would be shortened to 12 years from the current 15.

Mistakes are regularly made and the body count is very high; “Slow Horses,” often shocking in its choices, does not shrink from sacrifice.

The Republicans ruled the arena of cultural politics; the Democrats shrank from the culture wars on everything but abortion.

Politicians shouldn’t shrink from the fight, and voters shouldn’t hesitate to terminate the careers of those they find distasteful or with whom they disagree.

For the Conservatives, the general narrative is that they do believe the state can now shrink from emergency pandemic and energy crisis levels.