2
vegetate(verb, relax, lie, idle, lazy)
2
ward off(expression, block, escape, dodge, evade)
2
waste time(expression, relax, lie, idle, lazy)
2
weave(verb, reject, escape, dodge, evade)
2
welsh(withdraw, fail, avoid, stiff, evade)
2
while away hours(expression, idiom, relax, lie, idle)
2
withdraw(verb, go, start, leave, split)
1
goof(verb, phrasal verb, pass, slang, industrious)
1
gyp
1
mulct
1
rook
1
scam
1
soldier
1
ambush(verb, slip, hide, steal, evade)
1
avoid escape(expression, escape, frustrate, baffle, confound)
1
avoid work(expression, slack, coast, diddle)
1
backfire(verb, withdraw, retreat, dodge, hesitate)
1
backwater
1
baffle(avoid, hide, escape, frustrate, conceal)
1
be beyond someone(escape, frustrate, baffle, confound, evade)
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