To keep away from

• get around

  1. Used other than as an idiom: see get,"Ž around.
  2. To move to the other side of an obstruction.
  3. To come around something.

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  1. Used other than as an idiom: see get,"Ž around.
  2. To move to the other side of an obstruction.
  3. To come around something.

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• evade

  1. To escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or deceit:
  2. To avoid complying with or fulfilling:
  3. To fail to make payment of (taxes).

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  1. To escape or avoid, especially by cleverness or deceit:
  2. To avoid complying with or fulfilling:
  3. To fail to make payment of (taxes).

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• eschew

  1. To avoid using, accepting, participating in, or partaking of:
  2. To refrain from (doing something).

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  1. To avoid using, accepting, participating in, or partaking of:
  2. To refrain from (doing something).

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• escape

  1. To break loose from confinement; get free:
  2. To issue from confinement or enclosure; leak or seep out:
  3. To avoid a serious or unwanted outcome:

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  1. To break loose from confinement; get free:
  2. To issue from confinement or enclosure; leak or seep out:
  3. To avoid a serious or unwanted outcome:

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• elude

  1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill:
  2. To escape the memory or understanding of:
  3. To be unnattained by:

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  1. To evade or escape from, as by daring, cleverness, or skill:
  2. To escape the memory or understanding of:
  3. To be unnattained by:

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• duck

  1. Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, characteristically having a broad flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet.
  2. A female duck.
  3. The flesh of a duck used as food.

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  1. Any of various wild or domesticated waterbirds of the family Anatidae, characteristically having a broad flat bill, short legs, and webbed feet.
  2. A female duck.
  3. The flesh of a duck used as food.

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• dodge

  1. To avoid (a blow, for example) by moving or shifting quickly aside.
  2. To evade (an obligation, for example) by cunning, trickery, or deceit:
  3. To blunt or reduce the intensity of (a section of a photograph) by shading during the printing process.

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  1. To avoid (a blow, for example) by moving or shifting quickly aside.
  2. To evade (an obligation, for example) by cunning, trickery, or deceit:
  3. To blunt or reduce the intensity of (a section of a photograph) by shading during the printing process.

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• circumvent

  1. to surround or circle around
  2. to surround or encircle with evils, enmity, etc.; entrap
  3. to get the better of or prevent from happening by craft or ingenuity

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  1. to surround or circle around
  2. to surround or encircle with evils, enmity, etc.; entrap
  3. to get the better of or prevent from happening by craft or ingenuity

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• bypass

  1. A highway or section of a highway that passes around an obstructed or congested area.
  2. A pipe or channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture.
  3. A means of circumvention.

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  1. A highway or section of a highway that passes around an obstructed or congested area.
  2. A pipe or channel used to conduct gas or liquid around another pipe or a fixture.
  3. A means of circumvention.

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• burke

  1. To suppress or extinguish quietly; stifle:
  2. To avoid; disregard:
  3. To execute (someone) by suffocation so as to leave the body intact and suitable for dissection.

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  1. To suppress or extinguish quietly; stifle:
  2. To avoid; disregard:
  3. To execute (someone) by suffocation so as to leave the body intact and suitable for dissection.

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• avoid

  1. To stay clear of; go around or away from:
  2. To take measures so as not to meet or see (someone):
  3. To prevent from happening:

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  1. To stay clear of; go around or away from:
  2. To take measures so as not to meet or see (someone):
  3. To prevent from happening:

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To slight (someone) deliberately

• coldshoulder

  1. To slight or snub (someone).

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  1. To slight or snub (someone).

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• spurn

  1. To reject with disdain or contempt.
  2. To kick at or tread on disdainfully.
  3. To reject something contemptuously.

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  1. To reject with disdain or contempt.
  2. To kick at or tread on disdainfully.
  3. To reject something contemptuously.

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• snub

  1. To ignore or behave coldly toward; slight.
  2. To dismiss, turn down, or frustrate the expectations of.
  3. To check the movement of (a rope or cable running out) by turning it quickly about a post or cleat.

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  1. To ignore or behave coldly toward; slight.
  2. To dismiss, turn down, or frustrate the expectations of.
  3. To check the movement of (a rope or cable running out) by turning it quickly about a post or cleat.

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• rebuff

  1. A blunt or abrupt repulse or refusal, as to an offer.
  2. A check or an abrupt setback to progress or action:
  3. To reject bluntly, often disdainfully; snub:

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  1. A blunt or abrupt repulse or refusal, as to an offer.
  2. A check or an abrupt setback to progress or action:
  3. To reject bluntly, often disdainfully; snub:

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• cut

  1. To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.
  2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever:
  3. To sever the edges or ends of; shorten:

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  1. To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.
  2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever:
  3. To sever the edges or ends of; shorten:

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