Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Coming after is an antonym for avoid.
Coming after
Both terms in one sentence
- In Deathly Hallows, Ron fakes being near death with spattergroit to follow Harry on the quest for Horcruxes and buy time to avoid Death Eaters coming after his family for helping Harry.
Source: Chekhovs Gun / Harry Potter -
Even dragons know they can't match the sheer power-to-weight ratio of an ogre and that an ogre wouldn't be afraid of coming after them, and avoid picking fights.
Source: Fearless Fool
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