avoid one's duty

Frequency: 5.01.8 per million words

To stay away from a responsibility.

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Examples (10)

  • He tried to avoid his duty of reporting the error, hoping no one would notice.
  • As a citizen, you should not avoid your duty to serve on a jury if called.
  • She was criticized for avoiding her parental duties when her children needed her most.
  • The company was fined for avoiding its legal duty to ensure workplace safety.
  • Avoiding your duty might seem easy now, but it will cause problems later.
  • He consistently avoids his duty to take minutes during meetings.
  • I felt guilty for avoiding my duty to visit my sick grandmother.
  • No soldier should avoid their duty to protect their country.
  • His tendency to avoid any difficult duty made him an unreliable team member.
  • The manager made it clear that no one could avoid their assigned duties during the project.