avoid sth like the plague
to be determined to avoid something completely:
I'm not a fan of parties - in fact I avoid them like the plague.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Avoiding action
- avoid
- avoidance
- bottle
- bottle out
- chicken
- flinch from sth/doing sth
- fudge
- get out of sth
- get round sth
- get-out clause
- insure
- shrink
- sit on your arse idiom
- skip out on sb/sth
- stand around
- stand by
- stand round
- steer
- welch
- welsh
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