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.

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 through lunch he …

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

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 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 …

Alan narrowly avoided an accident. 2 to stay away from someone or something, or not use something Everyone seemed to be avoiding Nick. She carefully avoided his eyes (=did not look directly at his …

avoiding definition: the practice of not doing something. Check meanings, examples, usage tips, pronunciation, domains, related words.

to prevent from happening: to avoid falling. invalidate. eject or expel. a•void′er, n. 1. elude. Avoid, escape mean to come through a potentially harmful or unpleasant experience, without suffering …

'Avoiding' means to keep away from or prevent from happening. It can refer to physical avoidance or emotional avoidance. Synonyms include evading, escaping, dodging, eluding, and shirking.