Usually means: Avoid something; keep away deliberately.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (steer clear)

▸ verb:  (figuratively, intransitive, often followed by of) To avoid; to dodge; to sidestep.

Similar:
sidestep, dodge, avoid, keep away from, eschew, deflect, head off, deke, turn away, turn aside, more...

Opposite:
approach, engage, embrace, confront, encounter

Types:
avoid, evade, shun, dodge, flee, eschew, more...

Phrases:
steer clear of, steer clear from, more...

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Similar:
sidestep, dodge, avoid, keep away from, eschew, deflect, head off, deke, turn away, turn aside, more...

Opposite:
approach, engage, embrace, confront, encounter

Types:
avoid, evade, shun, dodge, flee, eschew, more...

Phrases:
steer clear of, steer clear from, more...



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