Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Jump in
Both terms in one sentence
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When Billie Kent auditions for cinema, she plays the role of a girl who has a charming young criminal jump in her cab and kiss her to avoid being recognized by the pursuing police.
Source: Series / Boardwalk Empire -
Let the water run for six seconds, jump in, you got at least thirty seconds of decent temperate water, quarter turn yourself to avoid the initial rust blast, go back in for another thirty seconds.
Source: Series / Happy Endings
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