单词 | to steer clear of |
释义 | > as lemmasto steer clear of f. to steer clear of: chiefly figurative, to avoid completely. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > distance or farness > be far from [verb (transitive)] > keep at a distance from something overboweOE forbowa1000 large1511 cleara1616 to keep awaya1616 to steer clear of1723 to give a good, clear, or (usually since 1800) wide berth to1753 keep a wide berth of1855 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > abstain or refrain from (action) [verb (transitive)] > avoid or shun > have nothing to do with to avoid (also shun, etc.) like the plague1699 to steer clear of1723 I wouldn't touch it (also him, her, etc.) with a ten-foot (also forty-foot) pole1838 to have no truck with1866 to leave or let severely alone1880 I wouldn't touch him (or it) with (the end of) a bargepole1890 ice1932 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 82 We would have Steer'd clear of them, and car'd not to have them see us if we could help it, but they did see us, and cry'd, Who comes there? 1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. xviii. 338 Of tame acquiescence in vulgar opinion..Walpole..has steered perfectly clear. 1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 415 It is incumbent on them..whilst they steer clear of Scylla, to beware they do not fall into Charybdis. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. iii. vii. 408 I steered clear of Hortensia. 1838 W. H. Prescott Hist. Reign Ferdinand & Isabella II. i. xviii. 175 Columbus..had been instructed..to steer clear of all Portuguese settlements on the African coast. 1884 Manch. Examiner 11 June 5/5 Mr. Marshall spoke with good humour, and steered clear alike of levity and acerbity. 1893 J. A. Hodges Elem. Photogr. (1907) 68 Enabling him to steer clear of some of these [difficulties]. < as lemmas |
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