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| outmaneuvering | |
| outwitting | |
| overreaching | |
| parry(noun, restraint, retreat, entertainment, diversion) | |
| passing the buck(expression, idiom) | |
| passive resistance(noun, expression, restraint, retreat, evasion) | |
| phantasm | |
| powder(break, escape, freedom, departure, withdrawal) | |
| pretense(fraud, deceit, lying, falsehood, duplicity) | |
| pretext(escape, excuse, dodge, avoidance, evasion) | |
| prevarication(escape, fraud, deceit, lying, falsehood) | |
| putting on | |
| quibble(escape, excuse, dodge, avoidance, evasion) | |
| recession(noun, restraint, retreat, entertainment, diversion) | |
| recoil(noun, restraint, retreat, entertainment, diversion) | |
| refraining | |
| release(break, escape, freedom, departure, withdrawal) | |
| rescue(break, escape, freedom, departure, withdrawal) | |
| restraint(noun, block, retreat, obstacle, diversion) | |
| roundabout way(expression, branch, substitute, deviation, diversion) |
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