Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Mix
Mix verb - To take part in social activities.
Usage example: happily mixing with the other guests at the party
Both words in one sentence
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The 13 ½ Lives of Captain Bluebear plays a little with the trope, in that the Minipirates mix quicksand in the soap when swabbing the deck, to avoid the deck getting slippery.
Source: Quicksand Sucks -
The entire thing is also played with in a throwaway line in the first life, where the Minipirates mix quicksand in the soap when swabbing the deck, to avoid the deck becoming slippery.
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The Magnificent Bastard is well advised to avoid this trope; magnificence and pettiness don't mix.
Source: Evil Is Petty
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Mix and Avoid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/mix
Avoid & Mix. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/mix>.
Mix or Avoid. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/mix.
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