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 …

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

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.

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 …

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 toilets to avoid him. [VERB noun] All …

To avoid is to succeed in keeping away from something dangerous or undesirable: to avoid meeting an enemy. Escape suggests encountering peril but coming through it safely: to …