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Stay away from
Answer for the clue "Stay away from ", 6 letters:
eschew
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-14c., from Old French eschiver "shun, eschew, avoid, dispense with," from Frankish *skiuhan "dread, avoid, shun," from Proto-Germanic *skeukhwaz (cognates: Old High German sciuhen "to avoid, escape," German scheuen "to fear, shun, shrink from," scheu ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eschew \Es*chew"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eshewed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Eshewing .] [OF. eschever, eschiver, eskiver, F. esquiver, fr. OHG. sciuhen, G. scheuen; akin to E. sky. See Shy , a.] To shun; to avoid, as something wrong, or from a feeling of distaste; ...
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