Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Usage example: trying to avoid writing thank-you notes for the gifts he didn't like
Miss is a synonym for avoid in action topic. In some cases you can use "Miss" instead a verb "Avoid", when it comes to topics like skip.
Miss
Miss verb - Fail to experience.
Usage example: Fortunately, I missed the hurricane
Avoid is a synonym for miss in fail to hit topic. You can use "Avoid" instead a verb "Miss", if it concerns topics such as skip.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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You can avoid that if you skip the tutorial, although you'll miss the chance at some early loot and a starting Heavy.
Source: Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown -
And if you do miss, and end up ahead of the target, said target will often slow way down in order to avoid another attack.
Source: Video Game / F-Zero -
Thus you shouldn't even TALK with Miss Mari if you want to avoid both player punches.
Source: But Thou Must!
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Miss and Avoid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/miss
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