avoid
verb
to make certain that you do not meet or communicate with someone
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To fail or refuse to communicate with someone
brush off
to refuse to listen to someone, or to accept that something might be true or important
look through
to not recognize, or to pretend not to recognize, someone who you know
stand up
to not come to meet someone who you have arranged to meet, especially someone who you are having or starting a sexual or romantic relationship with
keep your distance
to avoid becoming friendly with someone
get/be given the cold shoulder
to be treated in an unfriendly way by someone you know
vocal fry
a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence
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