Collocations for "avoid"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "avoid" in context.
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avoid
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- avoid the [need, possibility, risk, problem] of
- avoid [conflict, an argument, a disagreement]
- avoid [eye contact, people, crowds, taxes]
- avoid [an accident, pedestrians, the other car]
- [swerved, braked, skidded] to avoid
- avoid [hitting, colliding, crashing]
- avoid being [caught, charged, arrested]
- avoid getting [caught, into trouble]
- avoid any (unnecessary) [confusion, problems]
- avoid the [police, authorities]
- avoid these [activities, mistakes, situations]
- avoid it [completely, all together]
- try to avoid it if (at all) possible
- managed to avoid him (all day)
- are you avoiding me?
- [can, should] avoid
- [foods, one] to avoid
- avoid at all costs
- something you can't avoid
- can be avoided through proper [management, use]
'avoid' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
beach
- clean
- duck
- earth
- exercise
- farm
- ground
- package
- scheme
- site
- slow
- space
- time
- water
- word
- abuse
- arrest
- capture
- cost
- face
- gap
- harm
- hurt
- war
- trigger
- tip
- strain
- shot
- any
- best
- better
- careful
- slowly
- colon
- moisture
- toll
- wrist
- cancer
- caution
- breaker
- coil
- controller
- cozy
- craving
- crease
- crisis
- crouch
- dam
- decay
- default