Avoid (5)
'avoid' is the definition.
(eluding is a kind of avoiding)
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(Other definitions for elude that I've seen before include "Dodge or avoid" , "Get away from" , "Avoid (e.g. capture)" , "Escape from; baffle" , "Escape adroitly" .)
'avoid' is the definition.
(evading is a kind of avoiding)
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(Other definitions for evade that I've seen before include "Dodge, elude" , "bypass" , "Manage to avoid" , "Hedge" , "Slyly escape" .)
'avoid' is the definition.
(hedging is a kind of avoiding)
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(Other definitions for hedge that I've seen before include "Fence formed by bushes" , "Border of vegetation" , "Beg the question" , "Boundary; equivocate" , "Windbreak" .)
'avoid' is the definition.
(I know that dodge is a type of avoid)
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(Other definitions for dodge that I've seen before include "Ploy" , "bypass" , "Avoid; cunning trick" , "A quick evasive movement" , "Evasion" .)
'avoid' is the definition.
(synonyms)
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(Other definitions for avert that I've seen before include "Obviate" , "Turn away from, say gaze" , "Prevent from happening" , "use preventive measures" , "Turn aside, prevent" .)
'avoid' is the definition.
(skirt can mean to go around or avoid)
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(Other definitions for skirt that I've seen before include "Ladies' garment" , "Go along the edge of" , "Item of female apparel" , "Go round the edges of" , "Go round edge" .)
'avoid' is the definition.
(I know that shirk is a type of avoid)
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(Other definitions for shirk that I've seen before include "Evade work" , "Avoid (work)" , "duck" , "Avoid duties" .)
(Other definitions for shun that I've seen before include "Cold-shoulder" , "'Eschew, avoid (4)'" , "Avoid - attention!" , "Send to Coventry" , "Keep away from Huns" .)
(Other definitions for duck that I've seen before include "Web-footed bird" , "nothing" , "Score of nought in cricket" , "eg Jemima, Donald" , "See 16" .)
'avoid' is the definition.
(bypassing is a kind of avoiding)
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(Other definitions for bypass that I've seen before include "Ignore" , "Go round (congested area etc)" , "Go around" , "not found in the high street" , "Secondary channel - kind of operation" .)
'avoid' is the definition.
(eschewing is a kind of avoiding)
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(Other definitions for eschew that I've seen before include "'Avoid, shun (6)'" , "'Stay clear of, shun (6)'" , "'Avoid, keep away from (6)'" , "Ignore" , "give up" .)
'avoid' is the definition.
(sidestepping is a kind of avoiding)
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(Other definitions for sidestep that I've seen before include "To avoid" , "Dodge - circumvent" , "Find a way round" , "Shift to right or left" , "Dodge (an issue?)" .)