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):
abrupt
- absolute
- abuse
- accordingly
- accrual
- addicted
- alarm
- alert
- altogether
- any
- arrest
- backlog
- bankruptcy
- bargaining
- basically
- beach
- beforehand
- behavior
- best
- better
- bleed
- bleeding
- blister
- brake
- breaker
- bypass
- cancer
- capture
- careful
- caution
- clean
- coastal
- coil
- collateral
- colon
- constrain
- controller
- controversy
- conventional
- cost
- cozy
- craving
- crease
- crisis
- criticize
- crouch
- dam
- decay
- default
- depletion