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eschewes‧chew /ɪsˈtʃuː/ verb [transitive] formal eschewOrigin: 1300-1400 Old French eschiver VERB TABLEeschew |
Present | I, you, we, they | eschew | | he, she, it | eschews | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | eschewed | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have eschewed | | he, she, it | has eschewed | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had eschewed | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will eschew | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have eschewed |
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Present | I | am eschewing | | he, she, it | is eschewing | | you, we, they | are eschewing | Past | I, he, she, it | was eschewing | | you, we, they | were eschewing | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been eschewing | | he, she, it | has been eschewing | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been eschewing | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be eschewing | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been eschewing |
- Quintera was a man who eschewed violence.
- And they stuck to subject matter in their classes, eschewing propaganda.
- Aside from these two ` laws' of political science, the bulk of comparative research eschews making such strong claims.
- Embryos have their own logic and all too often eschew tidiness; there is an element of all three mechanisms involved.
- In school, Crowell stood out as the girl who eschewed the blandness of fashion in favor of personal style.
- To eschew detail is to float in the clouds above the wood.
- Wick eschewed the spotlight before Christmas last year.
to deliberately avoid doing or using something: I had eschewed politics in favour of a life practising law. |