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3
cloud the issue(idiom, shift, escape, lie)
2
beg the question(idiom, shift, escape, lie)
2
blow hot and cold(idiom, avoid, shift, escape)
2
cop a plea(idiom, avoid, escape, lie)
2
cop out(avoid, escape, frustrate, lie)
2
cover up(shift, escape, lie, shuffle)
2
give run around(idiom, shift, escape, lie)
2
hem and haw(verb, idiom, avoid, escape)
2
mince words(shift, escape, lie, shuffle)
2
pass the buck(idiom, avoid, escape, frustrate)
2
run around(avoid, shift, escape, frustrate)
2
sit on the fence(idiom, avoid, shift, escape)
2
tell white lie(idiom, shift, escape, lie)
1
avoid escape(verb, avoid, escape, frustrate)
1
beat around bush(verb, idiom, shift, frustrate)
1
beating around the bush(verb, idiom, shift, frustrate)
1
get around(verb, avoid, escape, frustrate)
1
get away from(idiom, avoid, escape, frustrate)
1
give the run around(verb, idiom, avoid, shift)
1
give the runaround(idiom, avoid, escape, frustrate)
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