Synset

stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 24

sample sentences

"Her former friends now avoid her"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

antonym

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hyponym

evade, sidestep, skirt, hedge, dodge, fudge, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, duck escape, miss escape, get away, get off, get by, get out bypass, get around, short-circuit, go around keep off, stay off shirk shy away from shun, eschew