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avoid - stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
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confront,
face,
face up deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"
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circumvent,
dodge,
duck,
elude,
evade,
fudge,
hedge,
parry,
put off,
sidestep,
skirt make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid; "The child dodged the teacher's blow"
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escape,
miss issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom"
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escape,
get away,
get by,
get off,
get out issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom"
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bypass,
get around,
go around,
short-circuit avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"
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keep off,
stay off refrain from entering or walking onto; "keep off the grass"; "stay off the premises"
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shirk avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"
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shy away from avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task; "I shy away from this task"
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eschew,
shun avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
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avoid - refrain from doing something; "She refrains from calling her therapist too often"; "He should avoid publishing his wife's memories" |
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fiddle,
goldbrick,
shirk,
shrink from play on a violin; "Zuckerman fiddled that song very nicely"
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