2
let well enough alone(verb, expression, idiom, abandon, avoid)
1
abjure(verb, abandon, avoid, renounce, shun)
1
abstain(verb, abandon, avoid, renounce, shun)
1
avoid(verb, abandon, renounce, shun, abjure)
1
balk(disregard, omission)
1
defy(disregard, omission)
1
dismiss(disregard, omission)
1
double(verb, abandon, avoid, shy, renounce)
1
duck(verb, abandon, avoid, renounce, shun)
1
elude(verb, abandon, avoid, shy, renounce)
1
eschew(verb, have, avoid, shun, abjure)
1
evade(verb, abandon, avoid, renounce, shun)
1
fail to notice(disregard, omission)
1
forget(disregard, omission)
1
forgo(verb, abandon, avoid, renounce, shun)
1
forswear(verb, abandon, avoid, renounce, shun)
1
give up(verb, expression, abandon, avoid, shy)
1
have no truck with(verb, expression, idiom, abandon, avoid)
1
leave behind(disregard, omission)
1
not touch(verb, expression, abandon, avoid, shy)
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