1
slip out(verb, expression, avoid, fool, swindle)
1
stand off
1
stay shy of(expression, idiom, avoid, escape, frustrate)
1
steer clear of(verb, expression, idiom, frustrate, baffle)
1
stump(verb, escape, frustrate, baffle, confound)
1
take for a ride(verb, expression, idiom, fool, swindle)
1
take to the cleaners(verb, expression, idiom, fool, swindle)
1
temporize(verb, stop, halt, stay, slow)
1
thwart(verb, escape, frustrate, baffle, confound)
1
welsh(verb, avoid, fool, swindle, stiff)
0
back and fill
0
bamboozle
0
be evasive
0
bend the rules(verb, expression, idiom, jiving, misguide)
0
bunco(verb, swindle, jiving, misguide, sandbag)
0
caboodle(verb, swindle, jiving, misguide, sandbag)
0
change(vacillate, equivocate)
0
chicane(verb, shift, jiving, misguide, hedge)
0
chill to the bone(verb, expression, idiom, swindle, scarify)
0
chilled to the bone(verb, expression, idiom, swindle, scarify)
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