Sentence:  We must <WSD>avoid</WSD> the notion , suggested to some people by examples such as those just mentioned , that ideas are `` units '' in some way comparable to coins or counters that can be passed intact from one group of people to another or even , for that matter , from one individual to another . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something