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Definition of avast exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

avast

exclamation

/əˈvɑːst/

/əˈvæst/

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used to tell sailors to stop carrying out a particular action
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Dutch hou'vast, houd vast ‘hold fast!’.

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