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(transitive, archaic) To keep (someone) away.
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(intransitive, obsolete) Fast (not eat for a period).
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(transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
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(simile) To evade or shun, if at all possible.
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(idiomatic) To be left with the responsibility of resolving a problem.
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(intransitive, idiomatic) To stop interfering.
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(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
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(intransitive) To distance oneself (from).
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(obsolete) To shun; to avoid.
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(now rare, chiefly Scotland, transitive) To avoid.
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To avoid meeting fairly or at close quarters; to keep out of reach (of).
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To prevent (something) from being accomplished.
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Archaic spelling of forbear. [(transitive) To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from.]
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(transitive, rare, obsolete) To restrain; prohibit.
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(archaic) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
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To refrain from, to abstain from, to pass up, to withgo.
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(transitive, obsolete) To delay; hinder; impede; obstruct.
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To allow a person more or less liberty until it is convenient to stop or check him/her.
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(transitive) To avoid dealing with; to disregard, ignore.
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To go into retirement; to rusticate.
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(informal) Especially in the form to hang about with (someone): to spend time or be friends with.
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(transitive) to be threatening, to be imminent
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(intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
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(transitive) To pour out; pour.
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To think less of (someone) for (something they have done).
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(transitive, idiomatic) to save, delay
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Archaic spelling of hesitate. [(intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.]
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(transitive, figuratively) Avoid direct confrontation or struggle.
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(transitive) To prevent from coming (near).
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(intransitive) To avoid or eschew.
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(idiomatic) To stay out of trouble or follow a righteous (God-fearing) path.
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Alternative form of keep off the streets [(transitive, idiomatic) To inspire or cause (someone) to avoid idleness, unemployment, poverty, or antisocial behavior.]
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(transitive) To restrain someone or something from entering a place or condition.
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To restrain someone or something from entering (a place or condition).
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(transitive) To refrain from telling or giving; to keep secret, or refuse to share.
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To prevent someone from going to bed or to sleep
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(transitive and intransitive, idiomatic) To stop bothering, teasing, or pestering someone; to leave (someone) alone.
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(transitive) To abandon a person or other living creature that is injured or otherwise incapacitated, assuming that the death of the one abandoned will soon follow.
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Synonym of leave someone on read
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To leave home; To stop living with one's parents.
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(transitive, idiomatic) to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance.
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To leave something alone; to avoid trying to correct, fix, or improve what is already adequate.
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(obsolete) To prevent someone from doing something; also to prevent something from happening.
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(idiomatic, UK) To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; (signifies a strong aversion).
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(idiomatic) To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; signifies a strong aversion.
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(transitive) To lead off or away.
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Alternative form of outdwell [(transitive, obsolete) To dwell or stay beyond; to outstay]
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(transitive, obsolete) To dwell or stay beyond; to outstay
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(by extension) To become an unwelcome person because of embarrassing or antisocial behaviour.
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(Scotland, dialectal, transitive) To relinquish, forsake, give up.
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(transitive) To ward off (a malignant influence, attack etc.).
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(transitive) To have a strong feeling of not desiring to do something.
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(transitive) To avoid, especially persistently; ostracize.
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(idiomatic) To remain idle when action is needed, perhaps because of fear, ignorance, complacency, indecisiveness, or dislike of the person(s) or situation.
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(colloquial) To remain uselessly in a place or situation, without taking any action.
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(idiomatic, dated) to escape something falling or being thrown from above.
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To persist in opposition or resistance (against something); to refuse to comply (with someone).
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To keep one's distance from a place, often because of some danger.
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to avoid going into somewhere
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(figuratively, intransitive, often followed by of) To avoid; to dodge; to sidestep.
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(transitive, intransitive, informal) To refuse to answer or cooperate, especially in supplying information.
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(obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.
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(intransitive) To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior.
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(transitive, now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) To avoid; shun.
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(idiomatic) To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved.
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(now rare) To put aside, avoid.
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(idiomatic) To abandon or leave; to shun; to refuse.
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(transitive) To endure all the way; to hold out against till the end.
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to stay away from; to alienate
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