fight+shy+of
121escape — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Get away Nouns 1. escape, elopement, flight; evasion (see avoidance); retreat; narrow escape or squeak, hairbreadth escape; deliverance, liberation; redeployment; jailbreak, freedom. Informal, close call …
122evade — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. avoid, elude; dodge, shun; baffle, foil, parry; escape, slip away; ignore, violate, neglect; equivocate. See avoidance. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To use trickery to avoid an issue] Syn. equivocate,… …
123burke — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb 1. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check: choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle. Informal: sit on (or upon). See… …
124get around — (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To keep away from: avoid, burke, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, shun. Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep (or stay or steer) clear of. See SEEK. 2.… …
125handicap — a mental or physical defect Literally, a disadvantage imposed on a competitor to make an equal contest: We fight shy of abbreviations and euphemisms. [The Americans] rejoice in them. The blind and maimed are called handicapped , the… …
126avoid — verb 1) I avoid situations that stress me out Syn: keep away from, stay away from, steer clear of, give a wide berth to, fight shy of Ant: confront 2) he is trying to avoid responsibility Syn: evade …
127eschew — verb he firmly eschewed political involvement Syn: abstain from, refrain from, give up, forgo, shun, renounce, steer clear of, have nothing to do with, fight shy of; relinquish, reject, disavow, abandon, spurn, wash one s hands of, drop; informal …
128circumvent — v 1. entrap, ensnare; encircle, surround, encompass, circumscribe, ring around, box off; girdle, belt, loop; envelop, embrace, confine, hem in, pen in. 2. bypass, make a detour, circumnavigate, circumambulate, circle, skirt; avoid, shun, evade,… …
