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turn aside(verb, phrasal verb, move, stop)
10
fend off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, separate)
10
turn away(verb, phrasal verb, stop, separate)
10
ward off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, separate)
9
stave off(verb, phrasal verb, stop, separate)
5
head off(verb, phrasal verb)
4
hold off(verb, phrasal verb, separate, reject)
4
keep off(verb, phrasal verb, separate, reject)
3
angle off(verb, turn, twist, shift)
3
draw away(verb, phrasal verb, prevent, repel)
3
put off(verb, phrasal verb, reject, disregard)
2
bear off(verb, depart, vary, differ)
2
depart from(verb, depart, swing, vary)
2
fake out(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
2
get around(verb, turn, shift, depart)
2
give the slip(idiom, escape, dodge, evade)
2
keep clear(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
2
lay low(escape, dodge, evade, shun)
2
look away(verb, stop, halt, prevent)
2
rule out(verb, stop, separate, halt)
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