avoid
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Sense: Verb: evade
Synonyms:
evade, elude, dodge Collocations, duck Collocations, shun Collocations, avert Collocations, prevent Collocations, hide from, keep away from, give sb the slip , stay away from, steer clear of , keep clear of, not go near, keep out of the way of, keep your distance from, keep a respectful distance from, give sth/sb a wide berth, have nothing to do with, snub Collocations, shy away from
Antonyms:
face Collocations, meet Collocations, find Collocations, seek out, look for, accept Collocations, pursue Collocations, welcome Collocations, invite Collocations, go to
Sense: Verb: get out of a responsibility, etc.
Synonyms:
get out of , duck Collocations, dodge Collocations, weasel out of , wriggle out of, duck out of , shirk, escape Collocations, elude, evade, shake Collocations
Sense: Verb: circumvent
Synonyms:
circumvent, skirt Collocations, sidestep, side-step, bypass Collocations, get around, get round , go around, go round
Sense: Verb: refrain from
Synonyms:
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'avoid' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abstain
- avert
- beat the rap
- beg
- blink
- boycott
- bypass
- circumvent
- do without
- dodge
- draw back
- duck
- elude
- equivocate
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- fence
- fight shy of
- get out of
- give a wide berth
- hedge
- hold off
- ignore
- keep at a distance
- keep one's distance
- keep the peace
- miss
- obviate
- ostracize
- parry
- pass the buck
- preclude
- prevent
- pussyfoot
- refrain
- shake
- shirk
- shun
- side-step
- skirt
- sneak out of
- steer clear of
- turn tail
- worm out of
