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What is another word for
steering clear of
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Verb
Present participle for take care to avoid or keep away from
Present participle for to cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
Present participle for to avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner
(
of an action or event
)
Present participle for to prevent from happening
Present participle for to prevent oneself from
Present participle for to cause (someone) to be unable to pursue one any longer
Present participle for to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned
Present participle for to snub or make someone feel unwelcome
Noun
The act or state of eschewing or avoiding something
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▲
Verb
▲
Present participle for take care to avoid or keep away from
avoiding
dodging
eschewing
evading
keeping away from
shunning
sidestepping
skirting round
avoiding dealing with
circumventing
ducking
fighting shy of
giving a wide berth to
having nothing to do with
staying away from
keeping clear of
bypassing
shrinking from
snubbing
giving something a miss
keeping one's distance from
shying away from
recoiling from
ignoring
shirking
eluding
cold-shouldering
bilking
hiding from
giving the cold shoulder
leaving alone
passing over
keeping off
holding back from
abstaining from
escaping from
wriggling out of
extricating oneself from
wriggling
giving a wide berth
taking a rain check
circumnavigating
spurning
shying from
fielding
fending off
fencing off
answering evasively
deflecting
parrying
balking at
staying shy of
keeping at arm's length
getting around
turning back on
turning away from
having no part of
giving the cold shoulder to
cutting someone cold
giving someone the go-by
cutting dead
giving someone the brush-off
more ❯
“There are areas of every American city that you
steer clear of
or hurry through because they are more akin to third than first world.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cease, or cause to cease, being dependent on (something)
weaning
stopping
halting
ceasing
discontinuing
refraining from
desisting from
quitting
forbearing from
breaking off
cutting out
calling a halt to
calling it a day
giving up
abandoning
abstaining from
leaving off
knocking off
packing in
suspending
desisting
forsaking
laying off
passing up
precluding
relinquishing
renouncing
resisting
skipping
belaying
bypassing
finishing
keeping from
staying away from
axing
backing off from
checking out from
dropping
forgoing
giving over
holding off
packing up
pulling out of
putting a stop to
refusing
reining in
restraining from
shrinking from
swearing off
withholding from
calling it quits on
detaching
jacking in
kiboshing
putting an end to
surceasing from
eschewing
avoiding
shunning
forswearing
kicking
doing without
giving a wide berth to
abjuring
going without
dispensing with
abstaining
rejecting
spurning
refraining
having nothing to do with
leaving out
repudiating
forbearing
foregoing
declining
passing on
fighting shy of
not touching
leaving alone
shirking
evading
escaping
waiving
disavowing
sitting out
giving something a miss
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
staying clear of
eluding
dodging
omitting
ducking
withholding
shaking
sacrificing
finessing
keeping
abdicating
restraining
curbing
scaping
ditching
holding back
skipping out on
resisting the temptation to
getting off
stopping oneself
shying away from
shuffling out of
inhibiting
turning your back on
keeping clear of
getting around
keeping off
missing out on
letting alone
avoiding doing something
checking
going on the wagon
not doing
taking the pledge
arresting
interrupting
taking the cure
passing
denying oneself
shying from
bridling
declining to
restraining yourself
going easy
ignoring
disregarding
overlooking
cutting
disclaiming
abnegating
disdaining
denying
disaffirming
shying
gainsaying
coming off
letting well enough alone
reneging on
having no truck with
neglecting
passing over
skimming over
fast forwarding
disowning
deserting
turning back on
opting out
casting aside
ending
terminating
concluding
breaking
throwing up
having done with
leaving
resigning
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
resigning from
breaking up
cutting off
bringing to an end
withdrawing from
shutting off
aborting
scrapping
throwing away
surceasing
winding up
yielding
calling off
laying off of
packing it in
getting out of
cutting short
finishing with
retiring from
crying off
parting with
chucking
withdrawing
reneging
backing out
lifting
retreating
dropping out
stopping oneself from
restraining oneself from
holding back from
removing
giving notice
relieving
giving the go by
suffering deprivation
not having
saying goodbye to
raising
forletting
pausing
dissolving
completing
calling a stop to
bringing to a close
bringing to a halt
stopping trying
calling it quits
closing
throwing in the sponge
throwing in the towel
putting the kibosh on
resolving
elapsing
abolishing
expiring
annulling
sundering
brushing aside
rendering needless
shaking off
wrapping
settling
lapsing
determining
getting shot of
giving the chop
getting done
putting the lid on
closing out
knocking something on the head
finishing off
shutting down
disposing of
putting paid to
getting shut of
crowning
switching off
pulling the plug
ending up
sewing up
pulling the plug on
letting up
winding down
nipping in the bud
rounding out
topping off
wrapping up
consummating
rounding off
dead-ending
winking out
scratching
scrubbing
shelving
rescinding
repealing
revoking
remitting
forfeiting
divorcing
jilting
parting from
dusting off
writing off
forgetting about
wiping out
eighty-sixing
breaking with
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner
copping out
bypassing
escaping
sidestepping
avoiding
dodging
ducking
evading
shirking
shrinking from
skipping
skirting round
skiving
abandoning
backpedaling
US
backpedalling
UK
bilking
cutting
declining
deserting
excusing
funking
quitting
rationalising
UK
rationalizing
US
reneging
renouncing
revoking
running away from
skiving off
welshing
withdrawing
backing down
backing off
backing out
backing out of
ducking out of
getting out
getting out of
having alibi
pulling out of
sliding out of
using pretext
weaseling out
weaselling out
wriggling out of
giving the slip
Verb
▲
(
of an action or event
)
Present participle for to prevent from happening
stopping
thwarting
foiling
forestalling
circumventing
countering
cramping
curbing
derailing
opposing
preventing
stymieing
defeating
getting out of
beating
bypassing
escaping
evading
frustrating
prohibiting
putting paid to
balking
US
baulking
UK
circumnavigating
counteracting
hindering
impeding
inhibiting
nullifying
obstructing
overturning
scotching
standing in the way of
staving off
checking
crimping
defending against
deflecting
disrupting
heading off
holding back
interdicting
interfering with
limiting
repressing
restraining
restricting
retarding
sidestepping
skirting
warding off
averting
avoiding
barring
blocking
crashing
ditching
doing for
holding off
juking
keeping lid on
outwitting
putting the kibosh on
putting the stopper on
ruining
scuppering
shutting out
spoiling
stalling
stonewalling
stumping
taking down
taking wind out of
trammelling
trammeling
unsettling
upsetting
wrecking
arresting
halting
putting a stop to
putting an end to
eluding
dodging
ducking
shunning
eschewing
missing
baffling
cheating
hampering
holding up
fettering
hamstringing
encumbering
dashing
cumbering
slowing
interrupting
handicapping
delaying
getting in the way of
hobbling
shackling
fouling up
snookering
hanging up
checkmating
discomfiting
slowing down
deterring
crippling
interfering
putting the mockers on
sabotaging
handcuffing
nipping in the bud
putting a brake on
getting in the way
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
disappointing
nobbling
crossing
crabbing
lousing up
upsetting the applecart
screwing up
suspending
borking
smashing
cramping one's style
hog-tying
shutting off
confusing
snafuing
neutralizing
US
obviating
braking
manacling
neutralising
UK
remitting
rattling
embarrassing
intermitting
clogging
obscuring
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
bridling
cutting off
shelving
tying up
sandbagging
short-circuiting
closing off
shutting down
giving a hard time
putting off
bilking
traversing
rooting
stultifying
shipwrecking
intercepting
giving the slip
strangulating
playing off
cooking someone's goose
picking off
staying
taking the wind out of your sails
finishing off
finishing
throttling
screening
monkeying with
weighing down
complicating
contravening
scuttling
invalidating
debarring
petering out
standing off
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
squashing
repelling
suppressing
confounding
discontinuing
repulsing
undoing
parrying
postponing
damming
freezing
fazing
counterplotting
blanking
burying
detaining
retardating
chaining
entangling
disconcerting
binding
withholding
deferring
protracting
pausing
subverting
bringing to a close
making an end of
proroguing
beating down
messing up
getting the better of
taking wind out of sails
putting end to
causing setback
prolonging
choking
holding
confining
disempowering
putting back
slowing up
bringing to screeching halt
holding off on
keeping back
choking off
holding over
bogging down
making late
backing off
setting back
constraining
saddling with
quashing
crushing
disturbing
affecting
confronting
stifling
shaking
destabilizing
US
influencing
tampering
discommoding
inconveniencing
incommoding
jamming
troubling
conflicting
banjaxing
demoralizing
US
attenuating
precluding
overcoming
forbidding
licking
canceling
US
annulling
conquering
negating
cancelling
UK
sapping
emasculating
undermining
botching
softening
challenging
destabilising
UK
dragging through the mud
demoralising
UK
queering the pitch of
poking full of holes
clipping one's wings
putting the lid on
dashing one's hope
giving the run around
rendering null and void
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to prevent oneself from
helping
avoiding
refraining from
stopping
averting
dodging
evading
preventing
abstaining
abstaining from
bypassing
circumventing
desisting
escaping
forbearing
getting around
precluding
resisting
restraining from
shaking off
shirking
shrinking from
shying from
sidestepping
skipping
skipping out on
skirting
staying away
staying away from
steering clear
withstanding
breaking the habit of
fending off
forbearing from
getting out of
holding off
keeping from
shunning
warding off
anticipating
arresting
blocking
checking
counteracting
counterbalancing
eschewing
heading off
hindering
impeding
interfering with
making up for
negating
neutralising
UK
neutralizing
US
nullifying
obviating
prohibiting
shaking
staving off
denying oneself
desisting from
doing without
forgoing
giving up
kicking
leaving off
refusing
renouncing
withholding from
eluding
ducking
finessing
beating
scaping
giving the slip
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
shuffling out of
shortcutting
bilking
running away from
getting away from
losing
ditching
going around
escaping from
giving a wide berth
finding a way round
skirting round
leaving behind
giving a wide berth to
cheating
missing
fleeing
skiving
funking
cutting
burking
juking
shucking
copping out of
skiving off
slipping through the net of
breaking away from
wriggling out of
shying
flying
backing out of
giving the runaround
finding a way out of
getting round
slipping
tricking
fighting shy of
turning back on
pulling out of
keeping out of the way of
keeping at arm's length
keeping clear of
frustrating
outrunning
slipping through the net
slipping through your fingers
outwitting
slipping away from
giving the slip to
doubling
thwarting
running around
foiling
getting away
staying shy of
throwing off the scent
running from
outflanking
balking
US
outmanoeuvring
UK
sneaking away
slipping out
keeping your distance
baulking
UK
leading on a merry chase
escaping the clutches of
baffling
outmaneuvering
US
taking back road
departing from
blinking at
deviating from
winking at
going around the barn
parrying
tergiversating
declining
short-circuiting
sliding out of
giving something a miss
pussyfooting around
fudging
putting the move on
pussyfooting
weaseling
US
dancing around
weaselling
UK
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause (someone) to be unable to pursue one any longer
losing
evading
eluding
dodging
escaping
shaking
avoiding
fleeing
shirking
escaping from
getting away from
giving the slip to
shaking off
sidestepping
skirting
throwing off
bilking
clearing
ditching
fending off
leaving behind
outdistancing
outpacing
outrunning
outstripping
ducking
getting ahead of
getting rid of
ridding
slipping away from
sneaking away from
throwing off the scent
Verb
▲
Present participle for to mark a person or entity as one to be shunned or banned
blacklisting
boycotting
banning
barring
embargoing
excluding
ostracising
UK
ostracizing
US
rejecting
expelling
precluding
repudiating
vetoing
avoiding
blackballing
debarring
disallowing
proscribing
blacking
ignoring
ruling out
voting against
banishing
outlawing
prohibiting
snubbing
considering undesirable
placing an embargo on
putting an embargo on
refusing to employ
shutting out
putting on hit list
cutting off
shunning
spurning
interdicting
refusing
striking
withholding patronage
abstaining from
passing up
refraining from
staying away from
turning your back on
passing by
cold-shouldering
brushing off
holding aloof from
having nothing to do with
imposing sanctions
washing your hands of
icing out
refusing to take part in
giving a wide berth to
freezing out
stopping
blocking
forbidding
sending to Coventry
giving the cold shoulder
leaving out in the cold
omitting
blanking
suspending
disbarring
coldshouldering
sidelining
disfellowshiping
disfellowshipping
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
keeping out
cutting out
removing
rebuffing
preventing
discluding
obviating
rusticating
occluding
discounting
scorning
excommunicating
locking out
leaving out
handing someone the frozen mitt
restricting
impeding
checking
ousting
leaving in the cold
obstructing
restraining
drumming out
evicting
cashiering
hindering
throwing out
denying access to
making illegal
getting rid of
forcing out
refusing to admit
shutting the door on
othering
giving the cold shoulder to
eliminating
excepting
bating
estopping
cutting
closing out
deserting
jilting
counting out
setting aside
warding off
repulsing
repelling
abnegating
abjuring
dropping
disdaining
forsaking
disowning
despising
unfollowing
unfriending
passing over
casting aside
leaving off
casting out
giving someone the brush-off
swearing off
giving someone the air
giving someone the push
having nothing more to do with
giving the elbow
giving someone the go-by
breaking with
binning off
giving someone the big E
cutting dead
putting down
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to snub or make someone feel unwelcome
giving the cold shoulder
shunning
dismissing
snubbing
coldshouldering
rebuffing
spurning
ignoring
rejecting
repudiating
slighting
disdaining
ostracising
UK
ostracizing
US
disregarding
excluding
neglecting
blanking
cutting
declining
snouting
cold-shouldering
brushing off
freezing out
looking past
giving someone the brush-off
turning down
cutting dead
making unwelcome
stiff-arming
acting cool
putting down
turning up one's nose
telling someone where to get off
knocking back
giving someone the go-by
sending to Coventry
giving the brush
looking straight through
turning back on
refusing
balking at
passing up
scorning
stiffing
pooh-poohing
turning your back on
withgoing
shying from
not touching
leaving alone
avoiding
shying away from
keeping one's distance from
staying clear of
recoiling from
giving the bum's rush
turning away from
having no part in
staying shy of
fighting shy of
keeping clear of
palming off
having nothing to do with
giving the runaround
ditching
keeping away from
giving a wide berth
shrinking from
standing aloof from
bilking
shaking off
having no part of
giving a wide berth to
passing
deselecting
nixing
disapproving
reprobating
negativing
saying no to
passing by
throwing over
throwing out
turning away
not hearing of
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act or state of eschewing or avoiding something
avoidance
evasion
escape
elusion
dodging
eschewal
eluding
eschewing
ducking
shaking
shunning
circumvention
out
shirking
refraining
escapism
dodge
evading
escaping
flight
nonparticipation
retreat
cop-out
run-around
body swerve
keeping away
steering clear
bypassing
abstention
refrainment
sidestepping
equivocation
holding off
prevarication
skirting
fudging
quibble
bypass
circumventing
come-off
difficulty
delay
detour
diversion
postponement
inertia
roundabout
cunning
deception
shuffling
pretext
artifice
subterfuge
trickery
ruse
go-by
obliqueness
evasiveness
sophism
bilking
sophistry
ditch
shift
lie
jive
stall
stonewall
equivocating
trick
routine
excuse
fugivity
stonewalling
fugiviteness
slip
getting out of
fancy footwork
finding a way round
hedging
quibbling
fencing
cavilling
UK
stalling
pussyfooting
shilly-shallying
tergiversation
caviling
US
stalling for time
humming and hawing
indecision
uncertainty
doubt
qualification
ambivalence
vacillation
ambiguity
wavering
parrying
temporizing
US
hesitation
doubtfulness
shuffle
equivocality
temporising
UK
temporization
vagueness
dodging the issue
sidestepping the issue
beating about the bush
ducking the issue
more ❯
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