2
paltering
2
pass the buck(expression, idiom, avoid, escape, lie)
2
pervert
2
pettifogging
2
pick holes(expression, complain)
2
pick nits
2
pick on(verb, expression, harass, tease, bully)
2
play on words(expression, idiom, equivocalness)
2
pretend(verb, dispute, shift, disagree, hedge)
2
pretense(noun, objection, complaint, equivocation, cavil)
2
pretext(noun, slip, shift, escape, routine)
2
quillet
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row(verb, oppose, fight, dispute, object)
2
run around(expression, slip, avoid, shift, escape)
2
set to(verb, expression, phrasal verb, oppose, fight)
2
sit on the fence(expression, idiom, avoid, shift, escape)
2
slam(noun, cut, hit, censure, reproach)
2
spat(verb, oppose, dispute, object, divide)
2
stall(noun, verb, delay, avoid, shift)
2
stonewall(noun, verb, avoid, shift, escape)
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