steer clear of

Idioms  

1. Stay away from, avoid, as in Dad warned us to steer clear of Dr. Smith and his poor advice. This idiom alludes to guiding a vessel away from some obstacle. Its figurative use was first recorded in 1723.

---

Example Sentences

And obviously you’d steer clear of one whose products slowly killed their best customers or that wasn’t allowed to advertise.

From The Wall Street Journal

I also largely steer clear of sugary drinks and processed meats like bacon and sausage.

From The Wall Street Journal

To steer clear of what appears to be a waning chip rally, consider running to a separate area of the stock market.

From Barron's

Hopkins and Treichel also tried to steer clear of math, although they assembled their book using a spreadsheet instead of a traditional word-processing program.

From MarketWatch

"We need to change our habits and use less plastic. Steer clear of plastic containers and plastic cutting boards, don't use the dryer, choose natural fibers instead of synthetic ones and eat less processed and packaged foods," said Dr. Paudel.

From Science Daily

Related Words

• baffle
• confound
• dodge
• evade
• flee
• foil
• frustrate
• outrun
• outwit
• puzzle
• shun
• stall
• stonewall
• thwart