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staying clear ofphrasepresent participle 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. avoiding, dodging, ducking, eluding, escaping, eschewing, evading, finessing, getting around, scaping, shaking, shirking, shuffling (out of), shunning, weaseling (out of) missingaverting, deflecting, diverting, obviating, parrying, preventing, warding (off)banning, barring, debarring, eliminating, excepting, excluding, precluding, ruling outbypassing, circumventing, skirtingfoiling, foxing, frustrating, outfoxing, outsmarting, outwitting, overreaching, thwarting fighting shy of, keeping clear of, steering clear of accepting, courting, embracing, pursuing, seeking, welcomingcatching, contracting, incurring |