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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. compare… … Financial and business terms
avoid something like the plague — avoid someone/something/like the plague phrase to be determined to keep away from someone or something completely If I were you, I’d avoid him like the plague. Thesaurus: to avoid doing something, or to avoid somethingsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
avoid someone like the plague — avoid someone/something/like the plague phrase to be determined to keep away from someone or something completely If I were you, I’d avoid him like the plague. Thesaurus: to avoid doing something, or to avoid somethingsynonym Main entry … Useful english dictionary
avoid — a|void [ ə vɔıd ] verb transitive *** 1. ) to try not to go near someone or something: We went early to avoid the crowds. Avoid that area after dark. avoid doing something: He had to brake hard to avoid hitting the deer. a ) to make certain that… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
avoid */*/*/ — UK [əˈvɔɪd] / US verb [transitive] Word forms avoid : present tense I/you/we/they avoid he/she/it avoids present participle avoiding past tense avoided past participle avoided Get it right: avoid: Avoid is never used with an infinitive. It is… … English dictionary
avoid — a|void W1S2 [əˈvɔıd] v [T] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: esvuidier, from vuidier to empty ] 1.) to prevent something bad from happening ▪ Road safety is taught to young children to avoid road accidents. ▪ It is important to take… … Dictionary of contemporary English
avoid — verb (T) 1 to do something to prevent something bad from happening: The other car swerved, trying to avoid a collision. | avoid doing sth: This leaflet tells you how to avoid getting ill while travelling. 2 to deliberately stay away from someone… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
avoid — [[t]əvɔ͟ɪd[/t]] ♦♦ avoids, avoiding, avoided 1) VERB If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening. [V n] The pilots had to take emergency action to avoid a disaster... [V ing] Women… … English dictionary
avoid — 01. I think she s really mad at me; she keeps [avoiding] me. 02. The driver of the car had to swerve suddenly to [avoid] hitting a young child who ran into the street after a ball. 03. You can t [avoid] doing your homework, so you might as well… … Grammatical examples in English
avoid — /ə vɔɪd/ verb to try not to do something ● My aim is to avoid paying too much tax. ● We want to avoid direct competition with Smith Ltd. ● The company is struggling to avoid bankruptcy. (NOTE: You avoid something or avoid doing something.) … Dictionary of banking and finance
