Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Square off is an antonym for avoid.
Square off
Square off verb - Settle conclusively; come to terms.
Both terms in one sentence
- The two square off using "Fighting Baseball" (with Bancho swinging and Jubeh trying to avoid the blows, each miss counting as a single Strike) and Kocho becomes convinced he can defeat Gedo using Jubeh's fighting skills.
Source: Film / Battlefield Baseball
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