Avoid
Avoid verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Stop in
Both terms in one sentence
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A typical case is that a group of children jump out in front of such a car, such that the car could not stop in time to avoid hitting them.
Source: Sadistic Choice - The driver manages to stop in time to avoid hitting him.
Source: Flopsy
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Stop in and Avoid. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/stop_in
Avoid & Stop in. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/stop_in>.
Stop in or Avoid. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/avoid/stop_in.
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