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steer clear of(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject)
6
fight shy of(verb, expression, adverb, phrasal verb)
3
keep away from(verb, expression, reject, ignore)
3
keep clear of(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject)
3
send to Coventry(verb, expression, exclude, shun)
3
turn away from(verb, expression, phrasal verb, reject)
2
blow it off(expression, withdraw, yield, surrender)
2
cut and run(verb, expression, run, leave)
2
fly the coop(verb, expression, get, run)
2
get away with(expression, run, slip, depart)
2
get cold feet(expression, withdraw, yield, surrender)
2
get out of(verb, expression, phrasal verb, move)
2
give the slip(verb, expression, move, cut)
2
go back on(expression, withdraw, yield, surrender)
2
have no stomach for(verb, expression, withdraw, yield)
2
hem and haw(verb, expression, slip, shift)
2
hold aloof from(expression, refuse, shun, embargo)
2
make oneself scarce(verb, expression, run, leave)
2
run out on(expression, run, pass, slip)
2
sit on the fence(expression, pass, withdraw, quit)
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