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German-English Dictionary: [avoid

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	VERB	to avoid \| avoided \| avoided avoiding \| avoids
	SYNO	to avoid \| to keep off \| to annul ...
	to avoid \| to keep off to annul \| to avoid \| to invalidate \| to nullify \| to quash \| to void © Princeton University

to skirt sth. [also fig.] [avoid, shirk]: etw. umgehen [auch fig.: ausweichen, nicht eingehen]
to save sth. [avoid wasteful use of sth.]: etw.^Akk. einsparen [z. B. Wasser, Kosten, Energie]
to conserve sth. [avoid wasteful use of sth.]: etw.^Akk. einsparen [z. B. Wasser, Energie]
to circumnavigate sth. [avoid] [fig.]: etw. umgehen [fig.]
to dodge sth. [avoid doing]: sich^Akk. um etw.^Akk. herumdrücken
to egrote [obs.] [to avoid work]: eine Krankheit vortäuschen [um sich vor Arbeit zu drücken]
to eschew [deliberately avoid]: sich von etw.^Dat. fernhalten
to funk sth. [esp. Br.] [coll.] [avoid sth., esp. out of fear]: sich vor etw.^Dat. drücken [ugs.] [bes. aus Angst oder Feigheit]
to shirk sth. [avoid sth.]: etw.^Dat. aus dem Weg gehen
to sidestep [to manoeuvre to avoid]: Haken schlagen
womyn {pl} [esp. feminist spv.] [women] [used to avoid the suggestion of sexism perceived in the sequence m-e-n]: Frauen {pl}
[spending rush among company departments or administrative bodies at the end of the year to avoid budget cuts in the following year(s)]: Dezemberfieber {n} [ugs.] [hum.]admin.econ.
[space left from the rim of a planted pot to the soil level, in order to avoid spilling of water when watering]: Gießrand {m} [bei einer Topfpflanze]hort.
womxn {pl} [esp. feminist spv.] [women] [used to avoid the suggestion of sexism perceived in the sequence m-e-n]: Frauen {pl}
womxn {sg} [esp. feminist spv.] [woman] [used to avoid the suggestion of sexism perceived in the sequence m-a-n]: Frau {f}
womyn {sg} [esp. feminist spv.] [woman] [used to avoid the suggestion of sexism perceived in the sequence m-a-n]: Frau {f}
to fudge on sth. [avoid facing]: etw.^Dat. aus dem Wege gehen [einem Problem etc.]
to get around sth. [avoid sth.]: um etw.^Akk. herumkommen [ugs.] [vermeiden können]
to hold together [avoid strife]: zusammenhalten [Auseinandersetzungen vermeiden]
to lie low [avoid being noticed] [fig.]: sich^Akk. unauffällig verhalten
to wink at sth. [ignore deliberately, as to avoid the necessity of taking action]: über etw.^Akk. (geflissentlich) hinwegsehen [absichtlich nicht bemerken oder verhindern]
Typhoid Mary [Am.] [fig.] [female] [someone who you avoid]: Aussätzige {f} [fig.] [jd., den man meidet]idiom
Typhoid Mary [Am.] [fig.] [male] [someone who you avoid]: Aussätziger {m} [fig.] [jd., den man meidet]idiom
visa run [short trip out of a country to avoid overstaying visa]: Visa-Run {m} [Kurzreise ins Ausland zur Umgehung der maximalen Aufenthaltsdauer]travel
written conversation [e.g. to avoid being overheard]: Schreibgespräch {n}journ.
to dodge the column [Br.] [coll.] [idiom] [shirk a duty, avoid work]: sich^Akk. drücken [ugs.] [vor Pflichten, Arbeiten]
on the run (from sb./sth.) {adv} [to avoid being captured]: auf der Flucht (vor jdm./etw.)
to blend into the background [idiom] [avoid one's responsibilities]: sich^Akk. wegducken [fig.]

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