avoid contact
Frequency: 6.816.2 per million words
To try not to touch or communicate with someone/something.
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- To prevent the spread of germs, you should avoid direct contact with sick individuals.
- Please wear gloves and avoid skin contact with this chemical.
- She has to avoid all contact with peanuts due to her severe allergy.
- After their argument, he tried to avoid all contact with her at the office.
- The witness was instructed to avoid any contact with the defendant before the trial.
- He's a very private person and tends to avoid contact with his neighbours.
- For years, she had avoided contact with her estranged family.
- It is wise to avoid eye contact with aggressive strangers.
- To protect his privacy, the celebrity will avoid contact with the press during his vacation.
- The two warring factions have so far avoided direct contact.