0 to avoid doing something that you should do or that you have promised to do because you are frightened, shy, or you think it is too difficult: --
1 a way of avoiding doing something difficult or unpleasant that you should do, or the excuse that you use to do this: --
2 a way or an excuse to avoid responsibility or to avoid doing something: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.