Why do you keep avoiding me?
She took a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.
They successfully avoided each other for days.
Present participle of avoid 2.
To stay away from someone or something:
To prevent something.
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Alan narrowly avoided an accident.
2 to stay away from someone or something, or not use something everyone seemed to be avoiding nick.
She carefully avoided his eyes (=did not.
When talking to someone, if you avoid the subject, you keep the conversation away from a particular topic.
She eventually had to lock herself in the toilets to avoid him.
[verb noun] all.
The verb avoid means to stop yourself from doing something or to keep something from happening.
You might avoid the old lady next door who smells funny and always wants to.
To avoid is to succeed in keeping away from something dangerous or undesirable:
To avoid meeting an enemy.
Escape suggests encountering peril but coming through it safely:
To keep away from;
Keep clear of;
See examples of avoid used in a sentence.