to avoid
11Avoid litigation. — Avoid litigation. Avoid litigation. Abraham Lincoln Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 …
12avoid — avoid, avert, evade Avoid and evade overlap in meaning, but evade has a stronger sense of guile or trickery in escaping from an obligation (such as paying income tax). Avert means ‘to turn aside’ (which is its literal meaning in averting one s… …
13avoid someone or something like the plague — avoid (someone or something) like the plague informal : to stay away as much as possible from (someone or something) I avoid my weird neighbor like the plague. • • • Main Entry: ↑plague …
14Avoid — A*void , v. i. 1. To retire; to withdraw. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] David avoided out of his presence. 1 Sam. xviii. 11. [1913 Webster] 2. (Law) To become void or vacant. [Obs.] Ayliffe. [1913 Webster] …
15avoid a straight answer — index equivocate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
16avoid arrest — index escape Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
17avoid capture — index escape Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
18avoid doing — index circumvent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
19avoid peril — index escape Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
20avoid using — index conserve Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …