• to keep clear of sg, to stand clear of sg, to stay clear of sg, to steer clear of sg
• to give sy a wide berth
• to give sy a wide berth
• to sheer off from a ship
• can't be helped, fated, imperative, inescapable, inevitable, it's bound to happen, necessary, unavoidable, unescapable
• inevitably, necessarily, unavoidably
• to keep the wolf from the door
• to escape notice, to escape observation
• to overlook, to slip sy's notice
• escaped my attention, it escaped my attention