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- Abbreviations|0
62 entries under avoid topic. ×
| equivocate(verb, stop, issue, shift) | |
| tergiversate(verb, stop, escape, pause) | |
| waffle(verb, move, stop, change, remove) | |
| hedge(verb, stop, escape, pause) | |
| prevaricate(verb, shift, escape, lie) | |
| shift(verb, move, stop, change, alter) | |
| shilly-shally(verb, change, delay, alter) | |
| shuffle(verb, move, change, remove, turn) | |
| dodge(verb, escape, frustrate, lie) | |
| fence(verb, shift, escape, lie) | |
| pussyfoot(verb, stop, object, doubt) | |
| quibble(verb, escape, lie, disagree) | |
| stall(verb, escape, frustrate, baffle) | |
| blow hot and cold(verb, expression, idiom, move, stop) | |
| evade(verb, shift, escape, frustrate) | |
| sidestep(verb, escape, lie, shuffle) | |
| beat around the bush(verb, expression, idiom, escape) | |
| cop out(verb, expression, escape, frustrate) | |
| duck(verb, escape, frustrate, baffle) | |
| eschew(escape, frustrate, lie, baffle) |
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