Related Clues:

• Starts
• Shrank (from)
• Showed fright, in a way
• Acts skittish
• Recoiled
• Spooks
• Balks, as a horse
• Started
• Recoils
• Flings
• Drew back
• Draws back
• Drew back, like a startled horse
• Shows fright
• Has one's moment in the sun