#️⃣#Avoid /əˈvɔɪd/ #verb
📚#Thesaurus:
🔘 to avoid a person or place
⚪️avoid ➡️ to deliberately not go near a person or place:
✨Why have you been avoiding me?
✨We avoided Park Street because of the traffic.
⚪️stay away / keep away ➡️ to avoid a person or place, especially a dangerous one:
✨She walked along the path, keeping well away from the edge of the cliff.
✨That man is trouble – I’d stay away from him.
⚪️steer clear of somebody / something #informal ➡️ to avoid a person or place, because there could be problems if you do not:
✨I usually steer clear of the kitchen when Alan’s cooking.
✨I’d steer clear of Matthew if I were you.
⚪️make a detour ➡️ to avoid a place by travelling around it instead of through the centre:
✨We had to make a long detour because of the floods.
🔘 to avoid doing something
⚪️avoid ➡️ to find a way of not doing something that you should do:
✨Some people will do anything to avoid work.
⚪️get out of something ➡️ to avoid doing something you should do or something you promised to do. Get out of is more common than avoid in #everyday_spoken_English:
✨We promised we’d go – we can’t get out of it now.
⚪️wriggle out of something (also wiggle out of something #American_English) ➡️ to avoid doing something you should do by making up excuses. Used to show disapproval:
✨He always seems to wriggle out of helping with the kids.
⚪️evade #formal ➡️ to avoid doing something that legally or morally you should do – used especially about taxes or responsibilities:
✨It is an offence to evade taxes.
✨The US cannot evade its responsibility for the war.
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📚#Thesaurus:
🔘 to avoid a person or place
⚪️avoid ➡️ to deliberately not go near a person or place:
✨Why have you been avoiding me?
✨We avoided Park Street because of the traffic.
⚪️stay away / keep away ➡️ to avoid a person or place, especially a dangerous one:
✨She walked along the path, keeping well away from the edge of the cliff.
✨That man is trouble – I’d stay away from him.
⚪️steer clear of somebody / something #informal ➡️ to avoid a person or place, because there could be problems if you do not:
✨I usually steer clear of the kitchen when Alan’s cooking.
✨I’d steer clear of Matthew if I were you.
⚪️make a detour ➡️ to avoid a place by travelling around it instead of through the centre:
✨We had to make a long detour because of the floods.
🔘 to avoid doing something
⚪️avoid ➡️ to find a way of not doing something that you should do:
✨Some people will do anything to avoid work.
⚪️get out of something ➡️ to avoid doing something you should do or something you promised to do. Get out of is more common than avoid in #everyday_spoken_English:
✨We promised we’d go – we can’t get out of it now.
⚪️wriggle out of something (also wiggle out of something #American_English) ➡️ to avoid doing something you should do by making up excuses. Used to show disapproval:
✨He always seems to wriggle out of helping with the kids.
⚪️evade #formal ➡️ to avoid doing something that legally or morally you should do – used especially about taxes or responsibilities:
✨It is an offence to evade taxes.
✨The US cannot evade its responsibility for the war.
#Vocabulary
#Essential_English_words
@PMPerfect1