avoid
Verb
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subtypes:
- circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- escape, miss - fail to experience
- escape, get away, get by, get off, get out - escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
- bypass, get around, go around, short-circuit - avoid something unpleasant or laborious
- keep off, stay off - refrain from entering or walking onto
- shirk - avoid dealing with
- shy away from - avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task
- eschew, shun - avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of
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same as: keep off
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is a type of: cancel, strike down - declare null and void; make ineffectivesubtypes:
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