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157 entries under verb topic. ×
| equivocate(stop, halt, stay, slow) | |
| prevaricate(stop, slow, avoid, deceive) | |
| tergiversate(slip, avoid, shift, escape) | |
| palter(escape, lie, shuffle, dodge) | |
| cavil(shift, escape, lie, shuffle) | |
| duck(avoid, escape, frustrate, baffle) | |
| elude(avoid, escape, lie, shuffle) | |
| fence(stop, slow, escape, lie) | |
| flip-flop(avoid, shift, escape, lie) | |
| fudge(avoid, escape, lie, shuffle) | |
| hedge(avoid, shift, escape, lie) | |
| hem and haw(expression, idiom, avoid, escape) | |
| jive(avoid, shift, escape, lie) | |
| quibble(stop, slow, avoid, shift) | |
| shuffle(slip, avoid, shift, escape) | |
| sidestep(avoid, escape, lie, shuffle) | |
| stall(delay, avoid, escape, frustrate) | |
| tergiverse(slip, avoid, shift, escape) | |
| waffle(avoid, shift, escape, lie) | |
| pussyfoot(avoid, escape, lie, shuffle) |
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