6
equivocate(verb, stop, halt, stay, slow)
6
prevaricate(verb, stop, slow, avoid, deceive)
4
tergiversate(verb, slip, avoid, shift, escape)
3
cloud the issue(expression, idiom, shift, escape, lie)
3
palter(verb, escape, lie, shuffle, dodge)
2
beg the question(expression, idiom, shift, escape, lie)
2
blow hot and cold(expression, idiom, avoid, shift, escape)
2
cavil(verb, shift, escape, lie, shuffle)
2
cop a plea(expression, idiom, avoid, escape, lie)
2
cop out(expression, avoid, escape, frustrate, lie)
2
cover up(expression, shift, escape, lie, shuffle)
2
dodge(avoid, shift, escape, frustrate, lie)
2
duck(verb, avoid, escape, frustrate, baffle)
2
elude(verb, avoid, escape, lie, shuffle)
2
eschew(avoid, escape, frustrate, lie, baffle)
2
evade(avoid, shift, escape, frustrate, lie)
2
fence(verb, stop, slow, escape, lie)
2
flip-flop(verb, avoid, shift, escape, lie)
2
fudge(verb, avoid, escape, lie, shuffle)
2
give run around(expression, idiom, shift, escape, lie)
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