Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Sort
Sort verb - To come or be together as friends.
Usage example: you should be careful about whom you sort with
Common collocations
| people | avoid people | sort people |
Both words in one sentence
- Theories abound that the man was never anything of the sort, instead showing the great powers of the world a facade of backwards idiocy to avoid ever-popular Cold War meddling in his affairs.
Source: Modern Major General - There's a sort of meta-strategy that's used online to avoid the dreaded Blue Shells by abusing how the mechanics of that item works.
Source: Not the Intended Use -
She's either at her vanity mirror or feigning illness to avoid having to take on any sort of responsibility at the hotel.
Source: Literature / Cutler Series
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