turn aside

Strongest matches

• avoid
• deter
• fend off
• foil
• forestall
• halt
• preclude
• prevent
• rule out
• ward off

Strong matches

• deflect
• divert
• frustrate
• shunt
• turn

Weak matches

• look away
• shove aside
• stave off
• turn away

Strongest matches

• avert
• bypass
• dodge
• escape
• evade
• fend off
• shun
• sidestep
• ward off

Strong matches

• abstain
• circumvent
• deflect
• desist
• ditch
• divert
• duck
• elude
• eschew
• flee
• hide
• jump
• obviate
• recoil
• shake
• shirk
• shy
• skip
• skirt
• weave
• withdraw

Weak matches

• circumlocute
• cold-shoulder
• fake out
• give the slip
• hold off
• keep clear
• lay low
• run for cover
• shake and bake
• shake off
• shrink from
• shuffle off
• skip out on
• skip town
• stay away
• stay out
• steer clear of
• step aside

Strongest matches

• abandon
• deviate
• stray
• veer

Strong matches

• cast
• desert
• differ
• digress
• disagree
• discard
• dissent
• forsake
• ramble
• reject
• repudiate
• swerve
• vary
• wander

Weak match

• excurse

Strongest matches

• depart
• differ
• diverge
• vary
• veer

Strong matches

• aberrate
• avert
• bend
• contrast
• deflect
• digress
• divagate
• drift
• err
• part
• shy
• swerve
• turn
• wander

Weak matches

• angle off
• bear off
• bend the rules
• break pattern
• circumlocate
• depart from
• edge off
• get around
• go amiss
• go haywire
• go off on tangent
• go out of control
• go out of way
• leave beaten path
• not conform
• swim against stream
• take a turn

Strongest match

• meander

Strong matches

• aberrate
• depart
• divagate
• drift
• ramble
• roam
• swerve
• veer
• wander

Weak matches

• be diffuse
• beat about the bush
• circumlocute
• excurse
• get off the point
• get off the subject
• get sidetracked
• go by way of
• go off on a tangent
• long way
• wander away

Strongest matches

• curb
• frighten
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• prevent
• scare

Strong matches

• check
• chill
• control
• deprecate
• discountenance
• disfavor
• disincline
• divert
• indispose
• interfere
• obstruct
• quiet
• repress
• shake
• warn
• withhold

Weak matches

• disadvise
• hold back
• hold off
• keep back
• put off
• talk out of
• throw cold water on
• turn off

Strongest matches

• amuse
• bewilder
• detract
• disturb
• divert
• entertain
• fluster
• mislead
• perplex
• puzzle
• trouble

Strong matches

• abstract
• addle
• agitate
• befuddle
• beguile
• confound
• derange
• discompose
• disconcert
• engross
• harass
• madden
• occupy
• sidetrack
• stall
• torment
• unbalance
• unhinge

Weak matches

• call away
• catch flies
• draw away
• frenzy
• lead astray
• lead away
• mix up
• throw off

Strongest matches

• deviate
• differ
• disagree
• dissent
• stray
• vary

Strong matches

• argue
• conflict
• contrast
• depart
• digress
• disapprove
• oppose
• swerve
• wander

Strongest matches

• alter
• deflect
• redirect
• switch

Strong matches

• avert
• change
• modify
• pivot
• sheer
• swerve
• veer
• wheel
• whip
• whirl

Weak match

• volte-face

Strongest matches

• ditch
• duck
• elude
• escape
• evade
• fend off
• shuffle
• sidestep
• skirt

Strong matches

• dark
• deceive
• equivocate
• fence
• fudge
• hedge
• juke
• lurch
• malinger
• parry
• pussyfoot
• shake
• shift
• shirk
• short-circuit
• slide
• swerve
• tergiversate
• trick
• weasel

Weak matches

• circumlocute
• get around
• get out of
• give the slip
• move to the side
• put the move on
• shake off
• skip out on
• tergiverse

Strongest matches

• avert
• avoid
• deflect
• rebuff
• rebut
• reject
• repel
• repulse
• resist
• spurn
• ward off

Weak matches

• beat off
• drive back
• hold at bay
• keep at a distance
• keep at arm's length
• keep off
• parry
• rebuke
• refuse
• snub
• stave off

Strongest matches

• deflect
• handle
• pick up
• retrieve

Strong matches

• cover
• hold
• occupy
• patrol
• play
• return
• stop

Weak match

• deal with

Strongest matches

• avert
• avoid
• bar
• block
• counter
• forbid
• forestall
• halt
• hamper
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• limit
• preclude
• prohibit
• put an end to
• restrain
• restrict
• rule out
• stop
• thwart
• ward off

Strong matches

• anticipate
• arrest
• baffle
• balk
• check
• chill
• cool
• cork
• counteract
• dam
• debar
• foil
• forfend
• frustrate
• intercept
• interdict
• interrupt
• obstruct
• obviate
• repress
• retard

Weak matches

• dead-end
• defend against
• head off
• hold back
• hold off
• keep lid on
• nip in the bud
• put a stop to
• shut out
• stave off

Strongest matches

• anticipate
• avert
• avoid
• counteract
• foil
• forestall
• halt
• hold off
• preclude
• put an end to
• rule out
• thwart
• ward off

Strong matches

• arrest
• baffle
• balk
• bar
• block
• check
• chill
• cool
• cork
• counter
• dam
• debar
• forbid
• forfend
• frustrate
• hamper
• hinder
• impede
• inhibit
• intercept
• interdict
• interrupt
• limit
• obstruct
• obviate
• prohibit
• repress
• restrain
• restrict
• retard
• stop
• ward

Weak matches

• defend against
• head off
• hold back
• keep lid on
• nip in the bud
• put a stop to
• shut out
• stave off

Strongest matches

• convert
• divert
• replace
• shift
• swap
• turn
• veer

Strong matches

• deflect
• deviate
• interchange
• rearrange
• shunt
• sidetrack
• substitute
• trade
• turnabout

Weak match

• change course

Weak matches

• avert
• avoid
• beat off
• block
• check
• deflect
• deter
• divert
• fend
• foil
• forestall
• frustrate
• halt
• hold off
• interrupt
• keep at arm's length
• keep at bay
• keep off
• obviate
• parry
• preclude
• prevent
• rebuff
• rebut
• repel
• repulse
• rule out
• stave off
• stop
• stymie
• thwart
• turn
• turn away