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Hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hesitate

(Other definitions for hesitate that I've seen before include "Falter, waver" , "Do this perhaps to be lost" , "He who does it may be lost" , "Falter, delay" , "To do so is to be lost, they say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times and the Irish Times (Simplex).
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