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Evade

To get away from by artifice; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to escape from cleverly; as, to evade a blow, a pursuer, a punishment; to evade the force of an argument.

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Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Avoid 76% connected

To empty.

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Escape 76% connected

To flee from and avoid; to be saved or exempt from; to shun; to obtain security from; as, to escape danger.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Beg 76% connected

A title of honor in Turkey and in some other parts of the East; a bey.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Quibble 76% connected

A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

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Elusion 74% connected

Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Elusion 74% connected

Act of eluding; adroit escape, as by artifice; a mockery; a cheat; trickery.

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Elusive 74% connected

Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.

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Elusive 74% connected

Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious.

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Evasive 74% connected

Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.

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Evasive 74% connected

Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.

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Slip 74% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Slip 74% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Bilk 92% connected

To frustrate or disappoint; to deceive or defraud, by nonfulfillment of engagement; to leave in the lurch; to give the slip to; as, to bilk a credito…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Circumvent 92% connected

To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dodge 92% connected

To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile; to shift place by a sudden start.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Duck 92% connected

A pet; a darling.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Elude 92% connected

To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fudge 92% connected

A made-up story; stuff; nonsense; humbug; -- often an exclamation of contempt.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Hedge 92% connected

A thicket of bushes, usually thorn bushes; especially, such a thicket planted as a fence between any two portions of land; and also any sort of shrub…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Parry 92% connected

To ward off; to stop, or to turn aside; as, to parry a thrust, a blow, or anything that means or threatens harm.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Skirt 92% connected

The lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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