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53 entries under avoid topic. ×
| equivocate(verb, stop, halt, stay, slow) | |
| prevaricate(verb, stop, slow, deceive) | |
| tergiversate(verb, slip, shift, escape) | |
| blow hot and cold(expression, idiom, shift, escape) | |
| cop a plea(expression, idiom, escape, lie) | |
| cop out(expression, escape, frustrate, lie) | |
| dodge(shift, escape, frustrate, lie) | |
| duck(verb, escape, frustrate, baffle) | |
| elude(verb, escape, lie, shuffle) | |
| eschew(escape, frustrate, lie, baffle) | |
| evade(shift, escape, frustrate, lie) | |
| flip-flop(verb, shift, escape, lie) | |
| fudge(verb, escape, lie, shuffle) | |
| hedge(verb, shift, escape, lie) | |
| hem and haw(verb, expression, idiom, escape) | |
| jive(verb, shift, escape, lie) | |
| pass the buck(expression, idiom, escape, frustrate) | |
| quibble(verb, stop, slow, shift) | |
| run around(expression, shift, escape, frustrate) | |
| shuck(escape, frustrate, lie, baffle) |
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