Avoid and Digs

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Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.

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Digs is an antonym for avoid.

Digs noun - An excavation for ore or precious stones or for archaeology.

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Avoid is an antonym for digs in understand topic.

Each thing the mechanic does to try to fix his mistakes just digs him in deeper, until at the climax of the film he's fleeing to Mexico to avoid a murder rap.

Source: Stealing from the Till
Digging to China: Pig digs a hole to "Kukistan." This was originally going to be a literal dig to China, but he changed it to a fictional country to avoid offending anyone.

Source: Comic Strip / Pearls Before Swine
Once the player has 30 the starting outfit, the Bear Minimum digs, goes from providing -1 heart and taking double damage to providing +2 hearts and a 50% chance to avoid taking damage, although still taking double damage.

Source: Video Game / The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes

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