Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Going to
Both terms in one sentence
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The enemies were going to be named Klings in homage to it, but this was changed to avoid similarity to Star Trek.
Source: Video Game / Space Rangers - He proceeds in similar vein during the rest of the conversation, even going to so far as to buy her frozen yogurt but pretend it was an accident to avoid revealing that he's been stalking her.
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Golden Time (PV) Airing from October 3 A young man tries to avoid a childhood marriage promise by going to law school, but finds the girl he's trying to avoid decided to go to the same school.
Source: Fall 2013 Anime
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