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Definition of eschew verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

eschew

verb

NAmE//ɪsˈtʃu//

eschew something (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they eschew

he / she / it eschews

past simple eschewed

-ing form eschewing

to deliberately avoid or keep away from something He had eschewed politics in favor of a life practicing law.

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