AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE

Meaning of AVOID LIKE THE PLAGUE in English

v. stay away if possible, run away at any cost

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

PLAGUE — Infectious fever caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis , carried by the rat flea. It usually spreads to humans only …
Английский словарь Британика
PLAGUE — I. ˈplāg chiefly dial ˈpleg noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English plage, from Middle French, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
AVOID — əˈvȯid verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English avoiden, from Old French esvuidier, from es- (from Latin ex out) + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AVOID — (a.) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, or confess …
Английский словарь Webster
AVOID — (a.) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain from; as, …
Английский словарь Webster
AVOID — (a.) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
Английский словарь Webster
AVOID — ( a. ) To keep away from; to keep clear of; to endeavor no to meet; to shun; to abstain …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AVOID — ( a. ) To emit or throw out; to void; as, to avoid excretions.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
AVOID — ( a. ) To defeat or evade; to invalidate. Thus, in a replication, the plaintiff may deny the defendant's plea, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PLAGUE — — plaguer , n. /playg/ , n. , v. , plagued, plaguing . n. 1. an epidemic disease that causes …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LIKE — like 1 — liker , n. /luyk/ , adj., ( Poetic ) liker, likest , prep., adv., conj., n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AVOID — — avoidable , adj. — avoidably , adv. — avoider , n. /euh voyd"/ , v.t. 1. to keep away …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLAGUE — I. ˈplāg noun Etymology: Middle English plage, from Late Latin plaga, from Latin, blow; akin to Latin plangere to strike …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AVOID — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French avoider, alteration of Old French esvuider, from es- (from Latin ex- ) + …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLAGUE — vt to infest or afflict with disease, calamity, or natural evil of any kind. 2. plague ·vt fig.: to vex; …
Webster English vocab
LIKE — adj likely; probably. 2. like ·adj in a like or similar manner. 3. like ·vi to be pleased; to choose. …
Webster English vocab
AVOID — adj to get rid of. 2. avoid ·vi to become void or vacant. 3. avoid ·adj to empty. 4. avoid …
Webster English vocab
PLAGUE — [plague] n [ME plage, fr. MF, fr. LL plaga, fr. L, blow; akin to L plangere to strike--more at plaint] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AVOID — [avoid] vt [ME, fr. MF esvuidier, fr. es- (fr. L ex-) + vuidier to empty--more at void] (14c) 1: to …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLAGUE — an infectious fever caused by the bacillus Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the rat flea. It is primarily a disease of …
Britannica English vocabulary
PLAGUE — / pleɪg; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. (also the plague ) [ U ] = bubonic plague …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LIKE — / laɪk; NAmE / preposition , verb , conjunction , noun , adjective , adverb ■ preposition 1. similar to …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AVOID — / əˈvɔɪd; NAmE / verb 1. to prevent sth bad from happening : [ vn ] The accident could have …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLAGUE — I. plague 1 /pleɪɡ/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: plage , from Latin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LIKE — I. like 1 S1 W1 /laɪk/ BrE AmE preposition [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: ⇨ ↑ like 6 ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AVOID — a ‧ void S2 W1 /əˈvɔɪd/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Word Family: verb : ↑ avoid ; noun : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PLAGUE — n., v., & int. --n. 1 a deadly contagious disease spreading rapidly over a wide area. 2 (foll. by of) …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PLAGUE — n., v., & int. n. 1 a deadly contagious disease spreading rapidly over a wide area. 2 (foll. by of) …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LIKE — adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) (more …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PLAGUE — n., v., & int. --n. 1. a deadly contagious disease spreading rapidly over a wide area. 2 (foll. by of) …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — 1. adj., prep., adv., conj., & n. --adj. (often governing a noun as if a transitive participle such as resembling) …
Oxford English vocab
LIKE — I. PREPOSITION AND CONJUNCTION USES /laɪk, laɪk/ ( likes) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLAGUE — ( plagues, plaguing, plagued) 1. Plague or the plague is a very infectious disease which usually results in death. The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AVOID — ( avoids, avoiding, avoided) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLAGUE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES avoid...like the plague (= try hard to avoid him ) ▪ Why did you …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PLAGUE — (DISEASE) [noun] - a serious disease which kills many peopleCholera and plague have broken out in the wake of the …
Cambridge English vocab
AVOID — [verb] [T] - to stay away from (someone or something), or prevent (something) from happening or not allow yourself to …
Cambridge English vocab
PLAGUE — n. Infectious fever caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis , carried by the rat flea. It usually spreads to humans …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLAGUE — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bubonic ▪ great ▪ Nearly a third of the population died in the Great Plague. … OF …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
AVOID — verb 1 prevent sth; choose not to do sth ADVERB ▪ altogether ▪ It is sometimes impossible to ~ conflict …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LIKE — See ↑ ENJOY 1, ↑ EXAMPLE 3, ↑ LIKE 1,7, ↑ WAY 8 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be just like • …
Longman Activator English vocab
LIKE — INDEX: things 1. to like something 2. to like something very much 3. to like something that could be bad …
Longman Activator English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
PLAGUE — n. 25B6; noun they died of the plague : BUBONIC PLAGUE, pneumonic plague, the Black Death; disease, sickness, epidemic; dated …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AVOID — v. 25B6; verb I avoid situations that stress me : KEEP AWAY FROM, steer clear of, give a wide berth …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
AVOID — v. shun, keep (away) from, keep off, leave alone, keep or steer clear of, refrain from, dodge, circumvent, sidestep, elude, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
AVOID — verb to try not to do something such as not to eat a particular food; you must try to avoid …
English Dictionary of Medicine
LIKE — I verb 1 BAD : What he likes to know is how much it will cost. GOOD : What he …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
AVOID — verb 1 BAD : He put his hand over my mouth to avoid me to scream. GOOD : He put …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PLAGUE — 1. сущ. 1) а) мор, эпидемия, чума (нашествие любой болезни, сопровождающейся высокой смертностью) Siberian plague ≈ сибирская язва Syn : …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LIKE — I 1. прил. 1) аналогичный, подобный, похожий, сходный Syn : similar, resembling 2) идентичный, одинаковый, равный, тождественный like sum like …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AVOID — гл. 1) избегать, остерегаться, сторониться, уклоняться to avoid the world ≈ скрываться от людей to avoid action ≈ уклоняться от …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLAGUE — plague.ogg 1. pleıg n 1. чума, моровая язва bubonic plague - бубонная чума pneumonic plague - лёгочная чума Siberian plague …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LIKE — like.ogg _I 1. laık n 1> чьё-л. подобие; такой же человек we shall not see his like again - такого …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AVOID — avoid.ogg əʹvɔıd v 1. избегать, сторониться, уклоняться to avoid smb. - избегать /сторониться/ кого-л. to avoid danger an accident - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PLAGUE — употребляется в сочетаниях - black plague - purple plague - tin plague
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
PLAGUE — употребляется в сочетаниях - black plague - purple plague - tin plague
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
PLAGUE — plague сущ.1) а) мор, эпидемия, чума (нашествие любой болезни, сопровождающейся высокой смертностью) Siberian plague — сибирская язва Syn:pestilence б) чума …
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