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Meanings of baulk in inglés

portugués
dificuldade
catalán
impediment
español
freno

Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress.

freno
catalán
refusar
español
negarse

Refuse to comply.

negarse
Usage of baulk in inglés
1
Many politicians may baulk when they see what the plans actually cost.
BBC
2
Mountain bikers power along ledges that a mountain goat might baulk at.
The Irish Times
3
A mountainous and distasteful task, yet she did not baulk at it.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
4
And many Asian clients baulk at paying much, if anything, for advice.
Reuters
5
Oh, James was too much of a gentleman to baulk and run.
Emergency: wife lost and found
6
Then, almost with tears, I entreated him not to baulk my purpose.
The Uninhabited House
7
I would baulk at their first question: why do you want to know?
The Sense of an Ending
8
They will not baulk at fighting to prevent him being taken.
Genghis: bones of the hills: a novel
9
Anyone not reading past the headline might baulk at the suggestion.
The Irish Times
10
Where others might baulk, you'll find that you possess the cool objectivity needed.
The South African
11
So close it seems and only the weather to baulk us.
Scott's Last Expedition, Volume I / Being the journals of Captai...
12
Nay, if it cost me my soul, I will not baulk my vengeance.
The House of Walderne / A Tale of the Cloister and the Forest in...
13
Why, then I should baulk your dream, which is either true or false.
The Lady of Blossholme
14
Who will baulk me if I have a mind to quarrel over it?
Love-at-Arms / Being a Narrative Excerpted from the Chronicles o...
15
But I'll never baulk ye-it'llbe a hard-bittenterrier that will worry Dandie!
Red Cap Tales, Stolen from the Treasure Chest of the Wizard of t...
16
However; it's possible that you may baulk at making a final or formal commitment.
The South African
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