give a wide berth (to)
61shun — verb he shunned publicity Syn: avoid, evade, eschew, steer clear of, shy away from, fight shy of, keep one s distance from, give a wide berth to, have nothing to do with; snub, give someone the cold shoulder, cold shoulder, ignore, look right… …
62escape — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Get away Nouns 1. escape, elopement, flight; evasion (see avoidance); retreat; narrow escape or squeak, hairbreadth escape; deliverance, liberation; redeployment; jailbreak, freedom. Informal, close call …
63evade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. avoid, elude; dodge, shun; baffle, foil, parry; escape, slip away; ignore, violate, neglect; equivocate. See avoidance. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To use trickery to avoid an issue] Syn. equivocate,… …
64shun — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. avoid, elude, evade, eschew; cut, ignore; steer clear of. See avoidance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dodge, evade, keep away from, ignore, neglect; see also avoid . Ant. accept, adopt*, take advantage… …
65avoidance — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Refraining from Nouns 1. (act of avoiding) avoidance, evasion, default, circumvention, elusion, dodge, sidestep; abstinence, forbearance, refraining (See asceticism); departure; escape, flight; truancy,… …
66elude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. escape, evade, avoid; dodge, foil, baffle. See avoidance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dodge, shun, escape; see avoid , escape . See Synonym Study at escape . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. avoid,… …
67get around — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To keep away from: avoid, burke, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, shun. Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep (or stay or steer) clear of. See SEEK. 2.… …
68Land of the Lost (1974 TV series) characters and species — Land of the Lost was a 1974 ndash;1976 TV series relating the adventures of the Marshall family (including Will and Holly and their father, later replaced by their uncle). The Marshalls become trapped in a pocket universe populated by dinosaurs,… …
69dodge — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. elude, evade, escape, avoid, duck. See deviation, avoidance, cunning. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trick, strategy, scheme; see method 2 , plan 2 , trick 1 . v. Syn. duck, elude, evade; see avoid …
70eschew — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. shun, avoid (see avoidance). Ant., pursue. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shun, keep away from, abstain from; see abstain , avoid . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) v. [es CHOO] stay away… …
