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aus dem Weg gehen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • elude verb To avoid or escape someone or something, often through cleverness or luck.
  • shirk verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
  • shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.

Senses

aus dem Weg gehen is used for these senses in English:

  • elude (transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
  • shun (transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
  • shun (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).

elude — full definition

  1. verb To avoid or escape someone or something, often through cleverness or luck.
  2. verb To fail to be remembered or understood by someone.

shirk — full definition

  1. verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
  2. noun Someone who avoids their duties.

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