2
sway(verb, alter, shake, swing, rock)
2
tack(verb, move, change, remove, turn)
2
tergiverse(verb, slip, avoid, escape, lie)
2
think twice(verb, expression, stop, pause, balance)
2
think twice about(expression, idiom, pause, hesitate, scruple)
2
veer(verb, move, change, remove, turn)
2
yo-yo(verb, move, change, remove, turn)
1
about-face(verb, move, change, remove, turn)
1
about the bush(expression, idiom)
1
alter(verb, move, change, turn, adjust)
1
altercate(dispute, avoid, shift, hedge, wrangle)
1
argue over(expression, shift, wrangle, carp, waffle)
1
argufy(dispute, avoid, shift, wrangle, carp)
1
assort
1
avoid escape(expression, avoid, escape, frustrate, baffle)
1
back down
1
baffle(verb, avoid, escape, frustrate, confound)
1
balk(object, avoid, pause, protest, hesitate)
1
be beyond someone(verb, avoid, escape, frustrate, baffle)
1
be indecisive(verb, hesitate, falter, waver, fluctuate)
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