evade
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Sense: To use trickery to avoid an issue
Synonyms:
equivocate, prevaricate, dodge Collocations, sidestep, put off, shuffle Collocations, avoid Collocations, elude, trick Collocations, baffle Collocations, quibble, shift Collocations, shirk, dissemble, cloak Collocations, conceal Collocations, deceive Collocations, be evasive, fence Collocations, parry, change the subject, pretend Collocations, confuse Collocations, pettifog, circumvent, skirt Collocations, hedge Collocations, cavil, tergiversate, dodge the issue, duck Collocations, beat around the bush, give someone the runaround, beg the question, hem and haw, pussyfoot, throw off the scent, lead one a merry chase, get around, get out of, cop out, weasel out of, lie one's way out of, bypass Collocations, give one the slip
Antonyms:
accept Collocations, embrace Collocations, face Collocations, embrace Collocations, welcome Collocations, make clear, clear up, elucidate, divulge, confess Collocations, enlighten Collocations, disclose Collocations, take on
Sense: To avoid a meeting
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Antonyms:
seek out, confront Collocations, face Collocations, encounter Collocations, meet Collocations, run into, bump into