Avoid and Nose

Avoid

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

Nose is an antonym for avoid.

Nose

Nose verb - To interest oneself in what is not one's concern.
Usage example: a neighbor who likes to nose around and discover everyone's secrets

Avoid is an antonym for nose.

Nearby Words: nosed, nosey, nosing, noser, noseband

Both words in one sentence

  • Discworld / Interesting Times Don't Try This at Home: A footnote about fireworks safety to avoid exploding your nose.
  • In one, a (CGI) child's sore nose flees around to the back of its head, to avoid being assaulted by an ordinary un-lotion-impregnated tissue.
  • Scars Are Forever In Daughter of the Lioness, Aly deliberately scars herself and breaks her nose when enslaved to avoid being sold for sex.
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