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draw in one's horns; take a back seat; melt into background; pull in horns; get embarrassed (Anglophile); lose one's nerve (Anglophile); become flustered (Anglophile); efface oneself; merge into the background (Telecaster); be having it (Beforeyouaccuseme) |
| Gruzovik, arts. |
shade off (pf of стушёвываться) |
| Gruzovik, inf. |
fade away (pf of стушёвываться); be embarrassed (pf of стушёвываться); melt away (pf of стушёвываться); keep in the background (pf of стушёвываться); retire to the background (pf of стушёвываться) |
| Gruzovik, obs. |
disappear (pf of стушёвываться); vanish (pf of стушёвываться) |
| idiom. |
sing small (Taras) |
| inf. |
keep in the background; lose nerve; melt away; retire to the background; vanish; get intimidated (Oh God, I'm gonna be singing on a Beach Boys record or something, you know! I got a bit kind of intimidated and thought, ‘Okay, here goes nothing' Lily Snape); become indistinct; withdraw into the background; be overshadowed (with перед, by) |
| Makarov. |
melt into the background; draw in horns; melt into the background |
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smooth over; soften |
| Gruzovik, arts. |
shade off (pf of стушёвывать) |
| Gruzovik, fig. |
smooth over (pf of стушёвывать); soften (pf of стушёвывать) |
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см. тж. ретироваться ("Генерал тотчас же стушевался куда-то в угол." Достоевский. 4uzhoj) |
