6
recoil(verb, start, withdraw, avoid, escape)
5
abstain(verb, avoid, escape, dodge, evade)
5
circumvent(verb, block, avoid, escape, frustrate)
5
fiddle
5
laze(verb, pass, relax, idle, lazy)
5
loaf(verb, pass, relax, idle, lazy)
5
lurk(verb, slip, avoid, hide, slack)
5
pussyfoot(verb, move, cut, slip, avoid)
5
skip(verb, disregard, dismiss, withdraw, fail)
5
slip(verb, move, cut, avoid, hide)
5
snake(verb, slip, avoid, hide, evade)
5
sneak(verb, move, avoid, evade, duck)
5
steal(verb, slip, avoid, hide, evade)
5
weasel(verb, move, cut, avoid, hide)
4
slink(verb, slip, avoid, hide, slack)
4
abandon(verb, withdraw, avoid, evade)
4
cheat(verb, slip, avoid, hide, steal)
4
creep(verb, slip, avoid, hide, evade)
4
flinch(verb, start, withdraw, retreat, shy)
4
get out of(verb, expression, idiom, phrasal verb, move)
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