Answer: avoided

AnswerCrossword Clue
AVOIDEDShirked.
avoidedto keep away from
avoidedAVOID, to evade (to escape or avoid by cunning)
AVOIDEDSkirted
AVOIDEDGot around
AVOIDEDGave a wide berth to
AVOIDEDLike a pariah
AVOIDEDWhat fence-hopper did to security
AVOIDEDShunned
AVOIDEDWanted nothing to do with
AVOIDEDLike pariahs
AVOIDEDWent wide of
AVOIDEDSidestepped
AVOIDEDDucked
AVOIDEDEschewed.
AVOIDEDDodged.
AVOIDEDFought shy of.
AVOIDEDShunned.
AVOIDEDKept from happening
AVOIDEDSteered clear of
AVOIDEDBypassed
AVOIDEDWent around
AVOIDEDEschewed
AVOIDEDWasn't struck by
AVOIDEDWouldn't go near