Avoid and Catch

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Avoid

Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Usage example: trying to avoid writing thank-you notes for the gifts he didn't like
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Antonyms for Avoid
Catch is an antonym for avoid.
Nearby Words: avoided, avoidance, avoidable, avoiding, avoidably

Catch

Catch verb - To come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face.
Usage example: I'll catch you at the library tomorrow
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Antonyms for Catch
Avoid is an antonym for catch in contract topic.
Nearby Words: catchy, catching, catcher
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Common collocations

attention avoid attention catch attention
fire avoid fire catch fire
death avoid death catch death
time avoid time catch time
Other words: anyone, bullets, enemies.

Both words in one sentence

  • Then their superstitious friends may try to avoid them or they will try to avoid their friends so they won‘t catch their bad luck.
    Source: Superstition Episode
  • Cartoon Bomb You had to catch falling balloons on your head, but you had to avoid the similar-looking falling bombs.
    Source: Cartoon Bomb
  • Manga / Nichijou Her attempt to catch a cold Come On, Come On too, which was especially amusing as she was trying to catch a cold in order to avoid having to take an English exam.
    Source: Manga / Nichijou
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