Avoid and Hobnob
Opposite meaning words
Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Hobnob
Hobnob verb - To come or be together as friends.
Usage example: those two have been hobnobbing together since freshman year
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