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stayed clear ofphrasepast tense of stay clear of to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickeryHe adroitly changed the subject to stay clear of having to admit what he'd done. avoided, dodged, ducked, eluded, escaped, eschewed, evaded, finessed, got around, scaped, shirked, shook, shuffled (out of), shunned, weaseled (out of) missedaverted, deflected, diverted, obviated, parried, prevented, warded (off)banned, barred, debarred, eliminated, excepted, excluded, precluded, ruled outbypassed, circumvented, skirtedfoiled, foxed, frustrated, outfoxed, outsmarted, outwitted, overreached, thwarted fought shy of, kept clear of, steered clear of accepted, courted, embraced, pursued, sought, welcomedcaught, contracted, incurred |