Avoid and Knock off

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

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Knock off and avoid are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knock off" instead a verb "Avoid".

Knock off verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Avoid and knock off are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Avoid" instead a verb "Knock off".

She insists that Nick speed up and manages to knock off the last sheep onto the lever which allows them to avoid colliding with the train.

Source: Disney / Zootopia

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