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81seeking to avoid — index evasive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
82beware of an oak, it draws the stroke; avoid an ash, it counts the flash; creep under the thorn, it can save you from harm — Advice on where to shelter from lightning during a thunderstorm. 1878 Folk Lore Record I. 43 Mothers teach their children to say Beware of an oak, It draws the stroke; Avoid an ash; It counts the flash; Creep under the thorn, It can save you from …
83removal to avoid tax — Within a statute relating to forfeiture, some transfer of the thing involved from some definite place of manufacture, production, origin, or the like to some other place, whereat or wherefrom collection of tax on it might be less easily effected …
84flight to avoid killing — See retreat to the wall …
85un·avoid·able — …
86Avoided — Avoid A*void , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Avoided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Avoiding}.] [OF. esvuidier, es (L. ex) + vuidier, voidier, to empty. See {Void}, a.] 1. To empty. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] 2. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid… …
87Avoiding — Avoid A*void , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Avoided}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Avoiding}.] [OF. esvuidier, es (L. ex) + vuidier, voidier, to empty. See {Void}, a.] 1. To empty. [Obs.] Wyclif. [1913 Webster] 2. To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid… …
88avoidance — avoid·ance ə vȯid ən(t)s n, often attrib the act or practice of keeping away from or withdrawing from something undesirable <reinforced by escape or avoidance of electric shock (E. S. Katkin & E. N. Murray)> <avoidance learning> esp… …
89avoidance — avoid a‧void [əˈvɔɪd] verb [transitive] TAX LAW if you avoid tax, you manage to not pay it legally, for example by the way that you enter profits or losses into your accounts: • Investing in this way allows savers to avoid tax upon withdrawal.… …
90keep one's head above water — avoid failure, avoid loss, avoid depression …