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withdraw(verb, reject, escape, dodge, evade)
1
about the bush(expression, idiom)
1
around the bush(expression, idiom)
1
artful dodge(expression, idiom, cunning)
1
artifice
1
back and fill(expression, idiom)
1
backpedal
1
backwater
1
baffle(avoid, hide, escape, conceal, hedge)
1
balk(avoid, hide, escape, conceal, dodge)
1
be noncommittal(verb, slip, avoid, shuffle, dodge)
1
bear off
1
beat about
1
beat around
1
beat around bush(expression, avoid, hide, escape, conceal)
1
bend(bow, diverge, stoop, stray, lurch)
1
bicker
1
blench
1
blink
1
blink at(expression, ignore, neglect, avoid, evade)
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