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▲
To keep away from something
To get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
To get out of the way of
To consciously evade an encounter with someone
To keep or withhold oneself from something
To take preventative measures
(
rare
)
To put an end to formally or by law
To refrain from doing something
To dodge something, such as a question, task or duty
To mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned
To avoid providing a clear answer or statement
To be liberated or freed from (something)
To withdraw from something one has agreed to do
To restrain or moderate one's actions, avoiding excess, stinting or tempering
To abscond or play truant from school or work
To fail to hit something aimed at
To detach or move away (from) someone or something
To delay taking action
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▲
Verb
▲
To keep away from something
circumvent
shun
bypass
circumnavigate
keep clear of
stay away from
steer clear of
dodge
evade
give a wide berth to
shrink from
shy from
sidestep
balk at
get around
give something a miss
keep at arm's length
keep away from
keep one's distance from
recoil from
shy away from
stay shy of
fight shy of
have no part of
have nothing to do with
turn away from
turn back on
eschew
spurn
reject
shirk
take a rain check
abstain from
give a wide berth
hold back from
leapfrog
duck
skirt round
avoid dealing with
“I try to
avoid
dark alleys because you never know what could be lurking within.”
Verb
▲
To get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
evade
dodge
escape
shirk
brush off
sidestep
skirt
bypass
dance around
discount
disregard
duck
elude
ignore
neglect
overlook
shy from
wriggle out of
dispense with
get around
pussyfoot around
run away from
shake
skirt round
tergiversate
weasel out of
be oblivious to
cop out of
duck-shove
fend off
funk
get out of
give the slip to
go around
keep one's distance from
lay low from
pay no attention to
pay no heed to
pay no mind
shake off
take no notice of
tune out
turn a blind eye to
turn back on
turn your back on
unheed
unmind
decline
duck out of
finesse
scape
shirk from
shuffle out of
keep off
circumvent
shun
steer clear of
eschew
beat
bilk
miss
body-swerve
give the slip
shortcut
escape from
parry
cut
find a way round
skip
cheat
get away from
lose
ditch
pass over
leave behind
dismiss
give a wide berth
flee
skive off
outmanoeuvre
UK
outmaneuver
US
keep your distance
foil
stay away from
thwart
slide out of
give something a miss
outflank
give a wide berth to
keep at arm's length
balk
US
baulk
UK
skive
pussyfoot
get round
fight shy of
slough off
skirt around
slip away from
throw off the scent
omit
skim over
back out of
break away from
gloss over
frustrate
circumnavigate
baffle
juke
outwit
burke
outrun
fudge
fence
renege
shuck
throw off
quit
fly
shy
weasel
work around
steer clear
slip
make light of
get rid of
forget
end-run
abandon
desert
overpass
keep clear of
not attend to
find a way around
skimp on
be remiss about
find a way out of
shrink from
skate over
wink at
blink at
be lax about
pay little attention to
keep well away
avoid like the plague
give the runaround
reject
let something slide
leave something undone
lose sight of
slip through the net of
pull out of
slur over
shuffle off
shut eyes to
brush aside
fail to deal with
pass up
look the other way
turn a deaf ear to
slip through your fingers
shrug off
trick
hack
find a loophole
skulk
run away
wriggle
overcome
deflect
stymie
field
keep out of the way of
outpace
outstrip
outdistance
clear
forestall
defeat
goldbrick
malinger
check
prevent
extricate oneself from
get ahead of
rid
sneak away from
fence off
answer evasively
stay clear of
get past
hide from
blow off
get shot of
get clear of
get free from
sneak away
slip out
tap dance around
talk around
forgo
escape the clutches of
lead on a merry chase
backpedal
welsh
revoke
renounce
withdraw
fast forward
leave out
cut out
do without
cop out
excuse
tergiverse
hedge
dog
bludge
double
back out
skip out on
run from
back down
back off
weasel out
get out
flannel
equivocate
prevaricate
take back road
depart from
deviate from
get away
detour
misheed
whitewash
go around the barn
waffle
stonewall
run around
let it go
take no notice
gloze over
leave be
fail to notice
connive
exclude
look through
never mind
turn blind eye
slight
paper over
close your eyes to
pay no mind to
turn deaf ear
not take into account
push aside
turn a blind eye
bury one's head in sand
not listen
stay shy of
be beyond
slip through the net
avoid answering
short-circuit
take fright
wuss out
flinch from
baulk at
chicken out of
turn tail
recoil from
play truant from
not attend
lie down on job
be equivocal about
be evasive about
quibble about
go past
go round
not give a straight answer to
beat around bush
not pay
beg the question
beat about the bush about
pass round
keep out of
detour round
pass around
make a detour round
forsake
pretermit
defer
contemn
discard
underestimate
scant
elide
depreciate
overleap
postpone
procrastinate
fail to care for
not care
have nothing to do with
be derelict
laugh off
throw to the winds
be remiss in
set aside
trifle with
let go
be irresponsible
not care for
be remiss
let pass
fail to look after
think little of
procrastinate over
leave alone
be indifferent
be negligent
be careless
live with
fail to provide for
not trouble oneself
more ❯
“You can't
avoid
the elephant in the room forever.”
Verb
▲
To get out of the way of
dodge
duck
jouk
elude
evade
shirk
sidestep
skirt
slip
body-swerve
duck out of the way of
get out of the way of
swerve away from
give the slip to
“I quickly jumped to the side to
avoid
a puppy dog who was running at full speed towards a ball.”
Verb
▲
To consciously evade an encounter with someone
shun
snub
spurn
cold-shoulder
dodge
elude
evade
ignore
shirk
bilk
keep away from
keep clear of
steer clear of
have nothing to do with
hide from
keep one's distance from
shrink from
stay away from
cut dead
cut someone cold
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
give the cold shoulder to
give the cold shoulder
rebuff
ostracize
US
cut
snout
ostracise
UK
stiff-arm
give the brush
freeze out
look right through someone
leave alone
shy away from
give the bum's rush
send to Coventry
fight shy of
give a wide berth to
recoil from
slight
high-hat
blank
stiff
pretend not to see
turn your back on
look straight through
eschew
repudiate
dismiss
decline
scorn
refuse
reject
disdain
ditch
neglect
stay clear of
turn back on
turn away from
stay shy of
have no part in
stand aloof from
give the runaround
shy from
have no part of
not touch
give a wide berth
brush off
tell someone where to get off
knock back
body-swerve
palm off
put down
pass up
balk at
turn down
shake off
more ❯
“I try to
avoid
Alexia as she always says things which make no sense to me.”
Verb
▲
To keep or withhold oneself from something
cut out
abstain from
refrain from
forego
forgo
quit
cease
drop
forsake
give up
pass on
shun
skip
deny oneself
do without
eschew
go without
halt
lay off
pass up
resist
restrain from
stop
suspend
swear off
waive
abandon
can
desist
dispense with
ditch
forbear from
get off
hold off
leave off
leave out
not touch
pack in
rein in
shy from
stay away from
steer clear of
withhold from
call a halt to
desist from
keep off
skip out on
renounce
kick
abstain
sit out
leave alone
give something a miss
keep from
forswear
abjure
forbear
refrain
refuse
decline
repudiate
spurn
disavow
let alone
miss out on
relinquish
say goodbye to
sacrifice
be in want
be deprived of
suffer deprivation
yield
be without
part with
not have
be deprived
more ❯
“If you'd like to get into shape, I would recommend that you
avoid
unhealthy food.”
Verb
▲
To take preventative measures
prevent
avert
deter
obviate
preclude
stop
defend against
fend off
hinder
hold off
impede
inhibit
restrict
rule out
stave off
thwart
deflect
hamper
head off
ward off
debar
foil
forefend
forestall
forfend
frustrate
intercept
obstruct
block
halt
hold back
check
counter
arrest
circumvent
shut out
curb
prohibit
divert
counteract
baulk
UK
retard
restrain
repress
balk
US
put an end to
put a stop to
stonewall
turn aside
help
oppose
derail
stymie
defeat
evade
circumnavigate
nullify
keep at bay
nip in the bud
crimp
sidestep
skirt
steer clear of
trammel
bar
stall
scupper
spoil
save
interdict
keep off
keep lid on
keep from happening
delay
free
spare
reprieve
put off
absolve
shunt
dispense
exempt
desist
discontinue
cease
cramp
discharge
get out of
escape
beat
put paid to
bypass
eliminate
remove
shove aside
stand in the way of
scotch
overturn
foreclose
interfere with
limit
disrupt
crash
wreck
put the stopper on
take down
upset
stump
do for
ditch
take wind out of
ruin
outwit
juke
put the kibosh on
unsettle
stave
interrupt
anticipate
get rid of
take away
do away with
get round
make unnecessary
repel
repulse
rebut
resist
discourage
parry
beat off
keep at a distance
drive back
keep at arm's length
fight off
hold at bay
keep away
baffle
hold up
dash
fetter
hamstring
snooker
discomfit
checkmate
hobble
cripple
slow down
constrain
encumber
shackle
foul up
stifle
suppress
handicap
disappoint
crab
control
keep back
smash
cumber
put the mockers on
upset the applecart
nobble
hang up
throw a spanner in the works
hog-tie
handcuff
set back
clog
withhold
louse up
bilk
tie up
cut off
get in the way
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
cross
slow up
manacle
embarrass
bridle
interfere
smother
slow
screw up
put a spoke in someone's wheel
cramp one's style
short-circuit
get in the way of
root
snafu
neutralize
US
detain
give the slip
neutralise
UK
hold
brake
curtail
bork
contain
mess up
rein in
queer someone's pitch
put a brake on
be a hindrance to
keep in check
make late
hold in
shut off
close off
negate
queer
traverse
confuse
regulate
corner
undo
confound
preempt
scuttle
dam
pre-empt
contravene
swallow
keep
disconcert
play off
cook someone's goose
remit
shelve
rattle
spike someone's guns
cool
put the lid on
give the run around
intermit
choke
confine
throw monkey wrench in
subdue
get in before
pick off
second-guess
choke off
provide against
get ahead of
beat someone to the draw
beat someone to the punch
keep under control
turn back
beat someone to it
steal a march on
choke back
simmer down
turn away
bring to screeching halt
shut down
bog down
quash
cancel
annul
offset
buck
finish
sabotage
fend
halt in its tracks
obscure
keep waiting
throw a monkey wrench in the works
countermove
entrammel
rebuff
strangulate
bring to a close
make an end of
invalidate
stunt
cause to wait
cause to stay
postpone
throw a curve
vanquish
conquer
destroy
squash
crush
retardate
prevent from making progress
bottleneck
faze
freeze
burden
muzzle
overcome
defer
pause
protract
commandeer
bind
entangle
chain
devastate
blank
counterplot
bury
prorogue
stand in the way
shatter
prolong
chock
demolish
banjax
crool
put the brakes on
take out of play
lick
dish
put back
back off
hold off on
hold over
forbid
be one step ahead of
be early
act in advance of
prepare for
head off at pass
redirect
intervene
reroute
take wind out of sails
cause setback
get the better of
put end to
beat down
extinguish
bring to a standstill
blow
box in
puzzle
give a hard time
saddle with
quell
nonplus
clobber
mystify
submerge
deny
sink
strangle
throw a spoke in the wheel of
affect
disturb
flummox
quiet
shake
indispose
put a lock on
put a stopper in
put chill on
decelerate
suspend
draw away
tamper
influence
pigeonhole
dash one's hope
govern
tame
trouble
inconvenience
discommode
jam
incommode
conflict
hold down
delimit
shipwreck
stultify
cork
get bogged down
bring to an end
dead-end
put on hold
hang fire
drive away
turn off
throw cold water on
throw a monkey wrench into
put on back burner
fight back
keep a lid on
gulp back
keep the lid on
bite back
pour cold water on
put a damper on
keep a tight rein on
gain control over
bottle up
put half nelson on
pull in
gain mastery over
take the wind out of your sails
compose
collect
rein
hang on
hold the line
resist attack
hold the fort
block off
put the brakes on
more ❯
“You should warm up and stretch before exercising to
avoid
injury.”
Verb
▲
(
rare
)
To put an end to formally or by law
annul
cancel
repeal
rescind
invalidate
nullify
retract
revoke
void
abolish
abort
abrogate
negate
null
quash
abate
call off
disannul
dissolve
roll back
strike down
vacate
countermand
reverse
set aside
overrule
overturn
undo
recall
do away with
override
vitiate
withdraw
declare null and void
veto
repudiate
nix
render invalid
terminate
annihilate
wipe out
obviate
scrap
kill
axe
UK
remove
take back
overthrow
ax
US
scrub
obliterate
render null and void
neutralize
US
dump
neutralise
UK
end
stop
put an end to
recant
renege
ditch
dismantle
discharge
get rid of
drop
make void
knock something on the head
erase
renounce
eliminate
discontinue
expunge
zap
disclaim
lift
disestablish
discard
cancel out
call back
give the chop
X-out
bring to an end
abandon
abjure
efface
delete
extinguish
counteract
subvert
trash
torpedo
chop
dismiss
deracinate
supersede
disaffirm
offset
upend
reject
disallow
suppress
unmake
stamp out
blot out
rub out
countercheck
redress
backtrack on
dispense with
black out
cast aside
rule against
make ineffective
declare invalid
wash out
desist
KO
retreat
watergate
disqualify
divorce
sever
disown
forswear
unfit
impair
circumduct
do a U-turn on
back-pedal on
call
make null and void
deny
shoot down
squash
scratch
put the lid on
backpedal
shut down
bin
rebut
wind down
counterorder
dispose of
take away
blow sky-high
renig
render void
give up
eradicate
destroy
put a stop to
cry off
remit
cut out
pack in
exterminate
break
call a halt to
extirpate
back out of
liquidate
retire
refute
redline
get shut of
blackball
take out
get shot of
pull the plug on
contravene
oppose
frustrate
ding
impugn
traverse
stonewall
cross
counterpoise
turf
ignore
belay
rule out
render inert
go back on your word
wipe slate clean
blue pencil
finish
forget it
call all bets off
squelch
excise
put down
break with
turn down
turn thumbs down
junk
prohibit
jettison
fly in the face of
work against
inhibit
shed
interfere with
run counter to
snuff out
root out
sweep away
clean up
throw out
put the kibosh on
close down
put kibosh on
suspend
waive
renege on
go back on
break off
finish off
do in
knock out
crush
demolish
cut
decimate
waste
halt
raze
defeat
quell
cease
smash
break up
overcome
total
wreck
ruin
dispatch
quit
conclude
check
overwhelm
devastate
expire
close
repress
subdue
curb
vaporize
US
crack down on
silence
interrupt
shatter
nip in the bud
knock off
vaporise
UK
desolate
thwart
nuke
banish
off
conquer
wind up
quench
cut off
slaughter
put paid to
massacre
complete
pulverize
US
phase out
cream
put out
wrack
clamp down on
stifle
beat
slap down
weed out
lay off
cut short
ravage
arrest
prostrate
elapse
croak
lapse
gut
butcher
determine
pulverise
UK
put to death
upset
leave off
wrap up
wipe off the map
blow away
dead-end
wipe off the face of the earth
let up
wipe from the face of the earth
close out
damage
spoil
die
go
assassinate
overpower
vanquish
execute
murder
clobber
pass
slay
rout
can
trample
uproot
ice
whack
top
stiff
snuff
smoke
scrag
do to death
bump off
take the life of
block out
mow down
pack up
round off
bring to a close
round out
wink out
bring to a halt
alter
change
overset
revert
down
control
stem
prevent
part
shelve
desecrate
bury
cast out
drive out
scotch
knock down
bring down
withhold
leave in ruins
lay waste
purge
leave desolate
make away with
disconnect
intermit
take off
tear down
pull down
get
adjourn
wrap
crack down
sink
forget about
end the life of
cut down
polish off
do for
chuck in
cut to pieces
put away
desist from
give someone the works
run out
terminate with extreme prejudice
bring to a conclusion
come to an end
sit on
shut off
refrain from
remove all traces of
blow someone's brains out
give over
call it quits
bring to an untimely end
countervail
abnegate
bleep
take
postpone
forget
trim
kayo
queer
subjugate
slash
rid
strip
clear
exsect
cripple
disrupt
deaden
hamper
hinder
scrunch
squish
rein in
wipe
cause the death of
expel
call a halt
undermine
pull back
draw back
wipe off
resolve
attack
scrub out
clamp down
bring to screeching halt
stymie
put to sleep
reduce drastically
incapacitate
foil
dash
relinquish
sunder
ultimate
settle
level
snow under
unload
mar
disable
threaten
cover
obscure
crown
consummate
block
hit
pull the plug
get done
call it a day
pack it in
switch off
sew up
end up
top off
ink out
cross out
blank out
wipe off face of earth
blow to bits
strike out
mark out
score out
destroy root and branch
take apart
rub off
harm
bollix
clear away
obstruct
break down
mess up
screw up
intrude on
muck up
murk
wax
sabotage
hang
behead
decapitate
chill
do
knife
asphyxiate
dust off
garrote
US
electrocute
take a life
garotte
garrotte
UK
lynch
shoot
guillotine
smother
cool
strangle
benothing
put to the sword
depart
send to the gas chambers
ethnically cleanse
send to kingdom come
cow
bottle
dominate
clamp
shush
spike
exclude
demise
decease
exit
flatline
perish
fall
succumb
kick
discount
pause
surcease
beat down
bar
except
debar
trample on
intervene
triumph over
put lid on
keep inside
hold in
keep in
bring to naught
drive underground
hold down
disjoin
dissever
separate
interpose
disunite
wane
avert
forfend
proscribe
preclude
forestall
forbid
bag it
blow off
lay off of
ban
deter
bate
leave out
count out
ward off
not consider
shut out
freeze out
close one's doors to
kick in
conk out
pass on
kick off
peg out
pass away
step out
pop off
check out
more ❯
“Both parties agreed to mutually
avoid
their contract and go their separate ways.”
Verb
▲
To refrain from doing something
abstain
forgo
eschew
forbear
renounce
refrain
quit
stop
desist
abjure
abandon
cease
kick
shun
withhold
keep
curb
decline
refuse
spurn
evade
relinquish
abnegate
pass
keep from
pack in
hold back
jack in
pass up
sit out
have done with
take the cure
give the go by
withdraw from
give up
abstain from
refrain from
reject
drop
forswear
forsake
discontinue
swear off
steer clear of
give a wide berth to
resist
desist from
do without
break off
leave off
check
forbear from
dispense with
finish
lay off
turn down
halt
have nothing to do with
repudiate
shirk
escape
stop oneself
leave alone
go without
give over
withhold from
dodge
end
inhibit
deny
restrain
conclude
belay
shake
disdain
get around
not do
fight shy of
knock off
brush aside
not touch
restrain oneself from
resist the temptation to
weasel out of
prevent oneself from
not give in to
opt out
cut out
stop oneself from
pack up
elude
disavow
duck
prevent
suspend
disclaim
forego
sacrifice
disown
withdraw
scape
disregard
surcease
break
arrest
shy from
finesse
can
disaffirm
abdicate
gainsay
avoid doing something
be temperate
veto
keep off
help
hold off
prohibit
renege on
put off
stay clear of
kick the habit
check oneself
turn your back on
quit cold
lay off of
scoff at
let up
shy away from
shuffle out of
not buy
kick over
call it quits
bridle
omit
come off
buck
turn aside from
retract
recant
restrain yourself
decline to
go easy
repeal
renege
unsay
desert
foreswear
manage not to
turn back on
cast aside
disengage
close
terminate
pause
determine
yield
dead-end
sew up
cut it out
wink out
not continue
get on the wagon
call it a day
wrap up
hang it up
pack it in
elapse
cut off
break up
wind up
resign
throw off
do away with
wash your hands of
take back
obstruct
dismiss
rebuff
stall
snub
cease to indulge in
call a halt to
call a stop to
delay
avert
repulse
disapprove
shy
stay away
stay away from
sidestep
circumvent
steer clear
shrink from
preclude
bypass
shake off
restrain from
skip
withstand
skip out on
skirt
demur
reprobate
stand aside
lean out
sit this one out
distance oneself
remove oneself
say no to
pass on
knock back
baulk at
demur at
let well enough alone
have no truck with
keep clear of
fend off
get out of
ward off
break the habit of
neutralise
UK
balk at
refuse to take advantage of
send one's regrets
look down one's nose at
opt out of
filibuster
give the thumbs down
stonewall
not accept
give the red light
shake one's head
interrupt
hinder
interfere with
head off
stave off
deny oneself
negate
make up for
nullify
obviate
neutralize
US
block
impede
counterbalance
counteract
anticipate
throw away
take the pledge
go on the wagon
axe
UK
ax
US
put an end to
revoke
cancel
throw up
put a stop to
leave
scrap
back off from
check out from
call it quits on
pull out of
resign from
back out
bring to an end
shut off
discard
rescind
recall
annul
ditch
ignore
scrub
backtrack
abort
rein in
withcall
wean
kibosh
surcease from
contradict
call off
back down
back off
call back
weasel out
dial back
give something a miss
part with
cry off
leave out
retire from
cut short
finish with
go back on your word
worm out of
chuck
concede
retreat
drop out
give notice
lift
hold back from
remove
unaccustom
relieve
detach
contravene
cast off
raise
jettison
surrender
betray
forlet
divorce oneself from
junk
refuse to acknowledge
refuse to accept
be in want
say goodbye to
not have
be deprived of
suffer deprivation
be without
be deprived
dissolve
countermand
get off
bring to a halt
stop trying
bring to a close
complete
waive
set aside
abrogate
void
throw in the towel
throw in the sponge
put the kibosh on
resolve
expire
abolish
stop using
welsh
sunder
stop having
change one's tune
drift away from
apostatize
pass over
render needless
wrap
ultimate
lapse
settle
close out
consummate
round out
pull the plug
round off
get done
knock something on the head
end up
get shot of
put paid to
shut down
give the chop
finish off
dispose of
wind down
crown
get shut of
nip in the bud
put the lid on
switch off
pull the plug on
top off
eat your words
scratch
shelve
remit
forfeit
divorce
jilt
eighty-six
dust off
part from
wipe out
break with
write off
forget about
more ❯
Verb
▲
To dodge something, such as a question, task or duty
flinch
evade
shrink
demur
dodge
shy
eschew
shirk
elude
escape
shun
shy away
hang back
quail at
turn away
back away
draw back
baulk at
boggle at
fight shy of
jib at
recoil
sheer
sheer away
shy away from
rebel
shrink from
feel repugnance
show repugnance
pull back
flinch from
pull back from
dither
waver
falter
baulk
UK
hesitate
scruple
disrelish
be shy about
be averse to
be reluctant to
vacillate about
be loath to
be hesitant to
have misgivings about
be bashful about
not be in favour of
be against
hate to
hesitate to
be diffident about
have scruples about
think twice about
scruple about
have qualms about
be chary of
be opposed to
be reluctant about
mind doing something
be indisposed to
be sorry to
balk
US
be slow to
be disinclined to
be coy about
be ashamed to
waver about
not have the heart to
be cagey about
not like to
be unwilling to
be afraid to
Verb
▲
To mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned
blacklist
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
exclude
blackball
bar
ban
reject
snub
debar
boycott
embargo
prohibit
proscribe
ignore
disallow
repudiate
veto
expel
black
banish
preclude
outlaw
shut out
place an embargo on
rule out
steer clear of
put an embargo on
consider undesirable
refuse to employ
thumbs down
hit list
shun
spurn
cold-shoulder
blank
freeze out
send to Coventry
give the cold shoulder
coldshoulder
cancel
cut off
leave out in the cold
hand someone the frozen mitt
leave in the cold
interdict
refuse
strike
withhold patronage
abstain from
pass up
refrain from
turn your back on
stay away from
pass by
brush off
hold aloof from
give a wide berth to
ice out
have nothing to do with
impose sanctions
refuse to take part in
wash your hands of
forbid
block
stop
dismiss
suspend
exile
cast out
excommunicate
prevent
except
throw out
leave out
close out
count out
oust
omit
rebuff
eliminate
evict
disfellowship
discount
taboo
keep out
drum out
eject
scorn
obviate
rusticate
bounce
force out
forfend
out
disown
lock out
extrude
cast aside
cut out
kick out
turf out
put down
boot out
turn out
drive away
drive out
remove
enjoin
disbar
drop
sideline
cut
restrict
disregard
forestall
inhibit
deprive
rout
disavow
disdain
halt
deny
abjure
give the cold shoulder to
kill
criminalize
US
unfollow
bate
censor
chase
freeze
run off
pass over
leave off
say no to
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
make illegal
slight
set aside
criminalise
UK
chase out
give the thumbs down to
break with
drive off
swear off
other
dispel
push out
condemn
get rid of
estop
check
thwart
exempt
discard
foreclose
disclude
override
circumvent
shut off
shut out of
limit
occlude
neglect
avert
abolish
revoke
recant
give the brush
stiff-arm
turn back on
put paid to
ward off
close one's doors to
not consider
deter
forget about
deny access to
desert
jilt
repulse
repel
abnegate
forsake
refuse to admit
shut the door on
unfriend
despise
give someone the big E
cut dead
give someone the air
kick in the teeth
have nothing more to do with
bin off
give someone the push
give the elbow
miss
restrain
oppose
bypass
elide
bottle up
keep lid on
box in
nix
hang up
put half nelson on
hold up
spike
jam up
pour cold water on
zing
cork
throw cold water on
lock up
tie up
stymie
pretermit
skip
overpass
overleap
declare taboo
shut down
put a stop to
give the red light to
put an end to
put the chill on
say no
put the kibosh on
declare illegal
give something a miss
not bother
dispense with
let something slide
fail to include
fail to mention
take out
withhold
skip over
factor out
miss out
dislodge
disqualify
expropriate
defenestrate
disentitle
give the bum's rush
show out
give the old heave-ho
chuck out
put out
force to leave
throw someone out on their ear
heave-ho
throw out on the streets
give the heave-ho
show the door
toss out on ear
heave out
send packing
expatriate
declare ineligible
refuse admission to
stand in the way of
refuse entrance to
deport
eschew
repatriate
extradite
displace
transport
renounce
refuse to recognize
refuse to abide by
relegate
discharge
isolate
do away with
send away
shake off
extradict
expulse
see the back of
sequester
chase away
invalidate
quash
countermand
reverse
overrule
overturn
squash
disclaim
disacknowledge
declare null and void
pass on
turn down
more ❯
Verb
▲
To avoid providing a clear answer or statement
fudge
equivocate
hedge
tergiversate
prevaricate
waffle
pussyfoot
dodge
flannel
weasel
vacillate
duck
evade
stall
shuffle
skirt
falsify
misrepresent
shilly-shally
be non-committal
parry questions
evade the issue
beat about the bush
hum and haw
cop out
sit on the fence
mince words
beat around the bush
shift ground about
quibble
sidestep
temporize
US
stonewall
tergiverse
hesitate
shuck
temporise
UK
be evasive
dodge the issue
fudge the issue
pussyfoot around
sidestep the issue
be vague
duck the question
blow hot and cold
be noncommittal
give the run around
shuffle around
pass the buck
cop a plea
be indecisive
hem and haw
hedge your bets
flip-flop
more ❯
Verb
▲
To be liberated or freed from (something)
lam
flee
escape
abscond
fly
decamp
bolt
skip
disappear
leave
run
vanish
depart
desert
shun
slip
double
elope
emerge
pass
blow
dodge
elude
evade
run off
clear out
run away
make off
get away
take flight
get out
cut and run
steal away
break out
break out of
fly the coop
make oneself scarce
slip away
take a powder
make a getaway
bail out
cut loose
duck out
burst out
get off
wriggle out
go scot-free
play hooky
run out on
get away with
work out of
take on the lam
take it on the lam
give the slip
skedaddle
take off
split
vamoose
scarper
retreat
scram
break
hightail
withdraw
levant
skidoo
clear
hide
light out
head for the hills
make your escape
bug out
do a disappearing act
go through
shoot through
be gone
turn tail
clear off
make a quick exit
run from
peel out
hightail it
take to your heels
do a runner
make a break for it
make a run for it
cut out
hasten away
beat a hasty retreat
beat a retreat
beat it
run for it
leg it
do a bunk
show a clean pair of heels
absent yourself
hook it
go
make tracks
retire
quit
scoot
skip off
go away
exit
get
push off
shove off
pull out
hit the road
begone
do a moonlight flit
walk out
take a hike
bug off
set off
get going
set out
buzz off
be on your way
sling your hook
do a fade
run along
move
vacate
break free
get lost
sneak away
take French leave
go on the lam
be off
slope off
flit
scat
scamper
evacuate
part
bail
do a vanishing act
go off
take leave
head off
pack off
start out
step along
rack off
move along
move off
hit the trail
bog off
pop off
walk off
pike off
pack up
pike out
recoil
abandon
make a escape
get free
break loose
fall back
draw back
dash
hamba
voetsak
pull back
hurry
do a Skase
book
avaunt
hasten
say your goodbyes
pack your bags
naff off
push on
abstract oneself
dig out
up sticks
sod off
haul off
hop the twig
get along
back out
make a break
push along
get stuffed
make an exit
peel off
nick off
sally forth
hop it
step on it
go jump in the lake
move out
go and jump in the lake
take wing
get moving
hop the stick
dart
hustle
hotfoot
bust
separate
go like lightning
shrink
shoo
break away
repair
remove
back off
go your way
have it away
hotfoot it
make a start
give way
make quick exit
on your bike
take a long walk on a short pier
skip out
go AWOL
break camp
take yourself off
betake oneself
draw away
get out of my sight
check out
sneak off
be off with you
give ground
career
barrel
bustle
hie
course
bound
tear off
make
fade away
spread
jump
recede
break away from
have it away on one's toes
dash off
amble
free oneself
extricate oneself
get under way
absquatulate
range
cruise
yeet
shrink back
slip through your fingers
jump ship
wend
make a move
mosey
make for
make one's way
go and chase yourself
fold
disengage
slip out
escape from
bust out
disaffiliate
go secretly
step on the gas
spring
be lost
depart suddenly
go south
make a quick getaway
dog it
depart secretly
make scarce
make good one's escape
ditch
dump
back down
back away
drop back
go back
move away
move back
secede
get out of someone's clutches
part company
cop out
kiss goodbye
drop out
walk out on
leave high and dry
opt out
disentangle yourself
break with
make a dash for it
run like scared rabbit
leave holding the bag
leave in the lurch
leave flat
race
rush
speed
pull stakes
zip
scurry
abdicate
expedite
spur
whiz
migrate
emigrate
sally
git
advance
absent
start
proceed
troop
go forth
blast off
move on
say goodbye
set forth
march out
hit the bricks
shake a leg
make haste
hurry up
get a move on
move fast
make time
more ❯
Verb
▲
To withdraw from something one has agreed to do
back out
renege
withdraw
cancel
repudiate
recant
welsh
backpedal
surrender
resign
abandon
scratch
cop out
back down
back off
go back on
pull out
fink out
weasel out
renege on
default on
give up
shy from
wiggle out
worm out
beg off
fail to honour
call off
chicken out
get cold feet
drop out
change your mind
withdraw from
back pedal
retreat from
cry off
pull out of
throw in the towel
blow it off
chicken out of
get cold feet about
get out
duck out
turn yellow
bow out
funk out
lose your nerve
wuss out
have no stomach for
think better of
wimp out
bottle out
bottle it
retract
repeal
revoke
recall
backtrack
reverse
take back
abjure
renounce
forswear
rescind
unsay
eat your words
do an about-face
disavow
abnegate
disclaim
countermand
foreswear
withcall
do a U-turn
do an about-turn
back out of
go back on your word
break your word
backtrack on
go back
abort
scrap
drop
scrub
annul
default
disown
deny
break
relinquish
dial back
contradict
call back
break a promise
crap out
break promise
give way
change
call
row back on
budge
worm out of
about-face
nullify
do a volte-face
rethink
abrogate
void
cop-out
apostatize
forsake
opt out
stand down
renig
throw over
retreat
retrocede
yield
pike on
compromise
apologize
US
apologise
UK
change mind
rule out
eliminate
recede
have change of heart
retrograde
draw back
change one's tune
exclude
fall back
suspend
forget it
do an about-turn on
do a U-turn on
cop out of
rat on
welsh on
have second thoughts
U-turn
come around
come round
relent
flip-flop
welch
call it a day
stop
lay down arms
admit defeat
cave in
submit
capitulate
give in
climb down
back down on
fail to honor
more ❯
Verb
▲
To restrain or moderate one's actions, avoiding excess, stinting or tempering
go easy on
control
moderate
restrain
stint
temper
slow down
take it steady
take it easy
Verb
▲
To abscond or play truant from school or work
bunk
shirk
skip
bag
cut
ditch
truant from
goof off
mitch off
play truant from
skive off
be absent from
not go to
play hookey from
stay away from
bunk off
hop the wag from
play the wag from
play hooky
Verb
▲
To fail to hit something aimed at
miss
misfire
overshoot
undershoot
be wide of
fail to hit
fall short of
go wide of
Verb
▲
To detach or move away (from) someone or something
distance
detach
isolate
separate
dissociate
insulate
remove
segregate
sequester
withdraw
disconnect
disengage
divorce
free
seclude
sever
alienate
decouple
disaffiliate
disassociate
part
quarantine
sunder
set apart
break away
break from
break with
cut off
move away
withdraw from
place far off
walk away
put at a distance
keep at arm's length
shy
disaffect
divide
disgruntle
disunite
estrange
sour
alien
drive apart
set against
set at odds
turn away
make hostile
make unfriendly
keep apart
push away
turn off
set at variance
drive a wedge between
turn your back on
disillusion
antagonize
US
disenchant
split
dissatisfy
disunify
lose
antagonise
UK
break up
drive away
burn your bridges
set at odds with
put on the outs
leave out in the cold
sow dissension between
sever relationships
destroy the affections of
sever connections between
cause antagonism between
wean
withdraw the affections of
lose the affection of
break off
come between
make indifferent
sow dissension
more ❯
Verb
▲
To delay taking action
leave
postpone
defer
delay
reschedule
procrastinate
shelve
mothball
neglect
renounce
hold off
hold off on
put aside
put off
put on hold
set aside
put on back burner
put on ice
give rain check
put on the back burner
take a rain check on
carry over
adjourn
suspend
table
stay
pigeonhole
hold up
hold over
put back
put in cold storage
remit
prorogue
respite
lay on the table
put over
hold in abeyance
lay over
stall
retard
protract
prolong
continue
hang fire
keep in abeyance
extend
intermit
hold
detain
slow
waive
stand over
give a rain check
lay aside
hang up
impede
hinder
obstruct
forestay
lengthen
cool it
block
dismiss
sideline
freeze
slow up
put off the evil hour
put to one side
do later
tie up
put off the evil day
interrupt
recess
prorogate
check
withhold
disband
file
bar
inactivate
can
push back
put in abeyance
pink-slip
rule out
count out
put on the shelf
stave off
call a halt to
temporise
UK
take a raincheck
temporize
US
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