escape, avoid, evade, elude, shun, eschew mean to get away or keep away from something. escape stresses the fact of getting away or being passed by not necessarily through effort or by conscious …

AVOIDING definition: 1. present participle of avoid 2. to stay away from someone or something: 3. to prevent something…. Learn more.

AVOID definition: to keep away from; keep clear of; shun. See examples of avoid used in a sentence.

avoid somebody/something like the plague (informal) to try very hard not to meet somebody, do something, etc. She's been avoiding me like the plague since the party last Saturday. I hate office …

1. to keep away from; keep clear of; shun: to avoid a person. 2. to prevent from happening: to avoid falling. 3. Law. to make void or of no effect; invalidate; annul.

The verb avoid means to stop yourself from doing something or to keep something from happening. You might avoid the old lady next door who smells funny and always wants to pinch your cheek, or you …

When talking to someone, if you avoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic. She eventually had to lock herself in the women's restroom to avoid him. If a person or vehicle …