deliberately avoid
Frequency: 7.512.1 per million words
To avoid something on purpose.
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- She deliberately avoided eye contact throughout the entire meeting.
- He seems to deliberately avoid any conversation about his past.
- The politician deliberately avoids answering direct questions from the press.
- I have been deliberately avoiding that difficult task all week.
- They deliberately avoid junk food to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
- It was clear that the company had deliberately avoided paying its taxes.
- Why do you deliberately avoid talking to your neighbors?
- To prevent arguments, we deliberately avoid discussing politics at family dinners.
- He took a different route to deliberately avoid running into his ex-girlfriend.
- The witness seemed to be deliberately avoiding the truth during his testimony.