4
short-circuit(verb, move, cut, avoid, escape)
4
shunning(noun, restraint, escape, retreat, cunning)
4
skulk(verb, slip, avoid, quit, slack)
4
sleight(noun, art, knowledge, catch, ability)
4
start(verb, withdraw, retreat, hesitate, recoil)
4
step aside(verb, expression, phrasal verb, escape, evade)
4
ward off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, block, prevent)
4
weave(verb, reject, escape, rock, pitch)
4
wince(verb, withdraw, draw, retreat, shrink)
3
action
3
balk(verb, stop, ruin, withdraw, halt)
3
beg the question(expression, idiom, shift, escape, lie)
3
block
3
bluff(noun, trick, lie, fraud, illusion)
3
bunco(noun, fake, trick, agreement, deception)
3
catch(noun, verb, fake, trick, sport)
3
circumlocute(verb, move, cut, avoid, escape)
3
con(noun, cheat, trick, twist, deception)
3
confuse(verb, stop, ruin, curb, prevent)
3
conspiracy(noun, action, swindle, con, deceit)
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