avoid
- avoid
- verb (T)
1 to do something to prevent something bad from happening: The other car swerved, trying to avoid a collision. | avoid doing sth: This leaflet tells you how to avoid getting ill while travelling.
2 to deliberately stay away from someone or something: Jon was embarrassed and tried to avoid us the next day. | I managed to avoid the worst of the traffic. | avoid sb/sth like the plague (=stay away from someone or something completely, especially because they are very unpleasant): I used to avoid that class like the plague.
3 to deliberately not do something, especially because it is dangerous, unpleasant etc: Loopholes are a way of legally avoiding taxes. | avoid doing sth: Organic gardeners try to avoid using pesticides.
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Avoid — A*void , v. i. 1. To retire; to withdraw. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] David avoided out of his presence. 1 Sam. xviii. 11. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To become void or vacant. [Obs.] Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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