(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If you ~ something, you deliberately avoid doing it or becoming involved in it. (FORMAL)
Although he appeared to enjoy a jet-setting life, he ~ed publicity and avoided nightclubs.
= avoid
VERB: V n
(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If you ~ something, you deliberately avoid doing it or becoming involved in it. (FORMAL)
Although he appeared to enjoy a jet-setting life, he ~ed publicity and avoided nightclubs.
= avoid
VERB: V n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012