Eschew

To “eschew” (es-CHOO) – from the French for “to flee from” – is to avoid.

Example (as used by Don Hauptman today): “Plurals aside, the problem is not that these expressions are wrong but that they tend to sound excessively formal and old-fashioned. The best solution, say usage authorities, is to eschew all of them and substitute a single simpler word… ”

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