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| circumvent |
to manage to avoid or evade, esp. by clever maneuvering. [1/2 definitions] |
| dodge |
to evade someone or something by cunning or deceit. [2/6 definitions] |
| double-talk |
ambiguous language meant to deceive people or evade problems or issues. [1/3 definitions] |
| elude |
to avoid or evade by speed, skill, or trickery. [1/2 definitions] |
| escape |
to get away from; avoid; evade. [1/11 definitions] |
| escape mechanism |
a psychological strategy that a person uses to evade something disagreeable. |
| funk1 |
to shrink in fright from; attempt to evade or shirk. [1/5 definitions] |
| miss1 |
to avoid, escape, or evade. [1/10 definitions] |
| shift |
an ingenious maneuver, as to evade something or someone. [1/12 definitions] |
| sidestep |
to evade an issue, responsibility, or the like. [2/4 definitions] |
| skirt |
to avoid or evade. [1/7 definitions] |
| slip1 |
to evade (one's memory or attention). [1/18 definitions] |
| under the counter |
secretively, esp. in order to evade the law. |
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