| overturn(verb, upset, break, refute, disprove) |
| shun(verb, block, avoid, quit, hide) |
| skirt(verb, move, cut, avoid, escape) |
| stop(verb, separate, prevent, resist, defend) |
| tergiversate(verb, move, cut, decline, slip) |
| waffle(decline, avoid, hide, escape, lie) |
| bar(verb, upset, beat, defeat, crush) |
| beat off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, cut, separate) |
| cavil(decline, avoid, hide, escape, lie) |
| contradict(verb, upset, break, oppose, dispute) |
| controvert(verb, upset, break, expose, refute) |
| deny(verb, return, acknowledge, claim, defend) |
| drive back(verb, expression, cut, separate, reject) |
| escape(noun, verb, move, cut, avoid) |
| feedback(verb, return, acknowledge, deny, counter) |
| forestall(verb, stop, separate, block, prevent) |
| hold at bay(verb, expression, idiom, reject, block) |
| hold off(verb, expression, cut, separate, cool) |
| keep at bay(expression, idiom, cut, separate, cool) |
| keep off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, cut) |