| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | The periphery of a city or town. Used in plural: edge, environs, fringe, outskirt (often used in plural), suburb (used in plural). See EDGE. | | VERB: | 1. To put or form a border on: border, bound2, edge, fringe, margin, rim, verge. See EDGE. 2. To avoid fulfilling or answering completely: dodge, duck, evade, hedge, sidestep. See SEEK. 3. To pass around but not through: bypass, circumnavigate, circumvent, detour, go around. See SEEK.
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| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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