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157 entries under verb topic. ×
| foil(escape, frustrate, baffle, confound) | |
| frustrate(escape, baffle, confound, evade) | |
| get around(expression, avoid, escape, frustrate) | |
| give the run around(expression, idiom, avoid, shift) | |
| give the slip(expression, idiom, frustrate, baffle) | |
| jiving(shift, escape, shuffle, dodge) | |
| lie(shift, escape, shuffle, dodge) | |
| not touch(expression, avoid, escape, frustrate) | |
| outrun(avoid, escape, frustrate, baffle) | |
| outwit(escape, frustrate, baffle, confound) | |
| parry(escape, lie, shuffle, vacillate) | |
| pass up(expression, avoid, escape, frustrate) | |
| pull a fast one(expression, idiom, fool, swindle) | |
| puzzle(avoid, escape, frustrate, baffle) | |
| sandbag(fool, swindle, stiff, jiving) | |
| shilly-shally(avoid, dodge, hesitate, evade) | |
| shirk(avoid, escape, frustrate, baffle) | |
| shun(escape, frustrate, baffle, confound) | |
| slip out(expression, avoid, fool, swindle) | |
| steer clear of(expression, idiom, frustrate, baffle) |
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