2
ditch(verb, reject, escape, dodge, evade)
2
divert(verb, reject, escape, dodge, evade)
2
dodge(verb, decline, reject, dismiss, withdraw)
2
draw up(expression, stop, hold, break, drop)
2
duck(verb, reject, escape, dodge, evade)
2
elude(verb, reject, escape, dodge, evade)
2
eschew(verb, stop, decline, reject, restrain)
2
extinguish(verb, stop, end, discharge, complete)
2
fail(verb, stop, end, halt, finish)
2
fake out(expression, escape, dodge, evade, shun)
2
fend off(expression, escape, dodge, evade, shun)
2
flee(verb, reject, escape, dodge, evade)
2
give(verb, allow, permit, assign, allot)
2
give in(verb, expression, decline, abandon, surrender)
2
give the slip(expression, idiom, escape, dodge, evade)
2
hand over(verb, expression, stop, drop, give)
2
hide(verb, reject, escape, dodge, evade)
2
hold back(verb, expression, stop, close, end)
2
hold off(verb, expression, stop, decline, reduce)
2
jump(verb, reject, escape, dodge, evade)
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