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отбя́гвам — meaning in English

otbyagvam

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English meaning

  • avoid verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
  • dodge verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
  • elude verb To avoid or escape someone or something, often through cleverness or luck.
  • eschew verb To deliberately avoid or keep away from something, usually on moral or practical grounds.
  • evade verb To cleverly avoid or escape something, such as a person, question, or duty.
  • forbear verb To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
  • shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
  • squirm verb To twist and wriggle the body, like a worm or snake.

Senses

отбя́гвам is used for these senses in English:

  • avoid (transitive) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from.
  • dodge (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
  • elude (transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
  • eschew (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
  • evade (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
  • forbear (transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.
  • shun (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
  • squirm To evade a question, an interviewer etc.

avoid — full definition

  1. verb To keep away from someone or something, especially something unwanted or harmful.
  2. verb To prevent something from happening, or to stop yourself from doing something.
  3. verb legal: To make a contract or legal act void; to cancel it.

dodge — full definition

  1. verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
  2. verb To avoid dealing with a question, responsibility, or difficulty.
  3. noun A trick or clever way of avoiding something, especially a duty or tax.

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