Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
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- The Second Doctor Patrick Troughton quit the show in 1969 to avoid being typecast, and because he wished to return to other programs.
- However, if the company wants to avoid paying you, they decide to make your life miserable through manipulation of the rules that you will be forced to quit.
Source: Loophole Abuse / Real Life Law - CSI: NY had one that was a subversion: Vanessa Ferlito left, and Aiden Burn initially quit her job to avoid Mac firing her.
Source: McLeaned
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