6
hesitate(verb, object, pause, protest, wait)
6
mouse(verb, activity, move, action, movement)
6
shirk(verb, move, cut, slip, avoid)
6
waffle(verb, phrasal verb, stop, clear, decline)
5
slide(verb, move, cut, slip, avoid)
4
crawl
4
fence(verb, move, cut, decline, slip)
4
grovel(verb, steal, glide, sneak, snake)
4
gumshoe(verb, phrasal verb, move, slang, slip)
4
hem and haw(verb, expression, idiom, stop, object)
4
sidle(verb, slip, hide, steal, creep)
3
be noncommittal(verb, expression, idiom, avoid, dodge)
3
beg the question(expression, idiom, hide, escape, lie)
3
cavil(avoid, hide, escape, lie, conceal)
3
duck(verb, move, cut, slip, avoid)
3
parry(verb, move, cut, decline, slip)
3
quibble(verb, avoid, escape, lie, shuffle)
3
shift(verb, move, stop, cut, decline)
3
shrink(verb, pause, hesitate, falter, balk)
3
skirt(verb, move, cut, avoid, escape)
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