| equivocate(verb, move, stop, cut, clear) |
| prevaricate(verb, decline, avoid, deceive, hide) |
| hedge(verb, move, stop, cut, clear) |
| apostatize(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, leave) |
| dodge(verb, move, cut, slip, avoid) |
| evade(verb, move, get, cut, avoid) |
| shuffle(verb, move, cut, clear, decline) |
| waffle(verb, phrasal verb, stop, clear, decline) |
| fence(verb, move, cut, decline, slip) |
| quibble(verb, avoid, shift, escape, lie) |
| defect(verb, break, reject, dismiss, leave) |
| hesitate(verb, pause, wait, wander, waver) |
| palter(verb, escape, lie, shuffle, dodge) |
| pussyfoot(verb, phrasal verb, move, stop, cut) |
| vacillate(verb, pause, hesitate, falter, balk) |
| shilly-shally(verb, avoid, dodge, evade, falter) |
| desert(verb, go, advance, remove, reject) |
| hem and haw(verb, expression, idiom, stop, avoid) |
| renounce(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, leave) |
| shift(verb, move, stop, cut, decline) |