How to pronounce blench

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What blench means

verb

To pull back or flinch out of fear

In a sentence: The climber did not blench at the top of the rock wall.

Where it comes from: It comes from an Old English word that meant to trick or deceive. Over time it came to mean pulling back or turning aside.

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