| paltering |
| pass the buck(expression, idiom, avoid, escape, lie) |
| pervert |
| pettifogging |
| pick holes(expression, complain) |
| pick nits |
| pick on(verb, expression, harass, tease, bully) |
| play on words(expression, idiom, equivocalness) |
| pretend(verb, dispute, shift, disagree, hedge) |
| pretense(noun, objection, complaint, equivocation, cavil) |
| pretext(noun, slip, shift, escape, routine) |
| quillet |
| row(verb, oppose, fight, dispute, object) |
| run around(expression, slip, avoid, shift, escape) |
| set to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, oppose, fight) |
| sit on the fence(expression, idiom, avoid, shift, escape) |
| slam(noun, cut, hit, censure, reproach) |
| spat(verb, oppose, dispute, object, divide) |
| stall(noun, verb, delay, avoid, shift) |
| stonewall(noun, verb, avoid, shift, escape) |