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steer clear of(verb, idiom, phrasal verb, reject)
12
fend off(verb, phrasal verb, move, stop)
11
ward off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, break)
9
keep off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, reject)
9
stave off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, remove)
8
escape from(verb, phrasal verb, lose, behaviour)
8
head off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, restrain)
7
abstain from(verb, phrasal verb, stop, restrain)
7
give up(verb, stop, pass, withdraw)
6
fight shy of(verb, idiom, adverb, phrasal verb)
6
pass up(verb, phrasal verb, decline, reject)
6
refrain from(verb, phrasal verb, stop, delay)
6
turn aside(verb, phrasal verb, move, stop)
5
keep from(verb, stop, pass, restrain)
5
shake off(verb, phrasal verb, move, cut)
5
shrink from(verb, phrasal verb, reject, ignore)
4
do without(verb, pass, withdraw, quit)
4
leave alone(verb, stop, disregard, restrain)
4
pass by(verb, reject, disregard, abandon)
4
run away(verb, phrasal verb, break, get)
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