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avoids like the plague

avoids like the plague is the third-person singular simple present indicative of avoid like the plague.

Meaning of avoid like the plague

Verb

avoid like the plague (third-person singular simple present avoids like the plague, present participle avoiding like the plague, simple past and past participle avoided like the plague)

  1. (simile) To evade or shun, if at all possible.
    • Cliché should be avoided like the plague.

Questions about avoids like the plague

What is avoids like the plague the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Avoids like the plague is the third-person singular simple present indicative of avoid like the plague.

Words near avoids like the plague in the dictionary

  1. avoidings
  2. avoidless
  3. avoidment
  4. avoidments
  5. avoids
  6. avoids like the plague
  7. avoird.
  8. avoirdupois
  9. avoirdupois ounce
  10. avoirdupois ounces
  11. avoirdupois pound

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