| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To keep away from: avoid, burke, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, escape, eschew, evade, get around, shun. Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep (or stay) (or steer) clear of. See SEEK. 2. To fail to be fixed by the mind, memory, or senses of: escape. Idioms: slip away from. See OWNED. 3. To get away from (a pursuer): evade, lose, shake off, slip, throw off. Slang : shake. Idioms: give someone the shake (or slip) . See SEEK.
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