to avoid someone or something that seems unpleasant, dangerous, or likely to cause problems: Her speech steered clear of controversial issues. They warned their children to steer clear of drugs.

What is meant by steer clear of?

to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery. After several disastrous family gatherings, she steered clear of any talk about hosting holiday celebrations.

How do you use steer clear in a sentence?

1. We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. 2. His parents warned him to steer clear of trouble.