| sidestep(verb, move, cut, avoid, deceive) |
| waver(verb, pause, hesitate, falter, wander) |
| weasel(verb, move, cut, clear, decline) |
| beat around the bush(verb, expression, idiom, avoid, shift) |
| fluctuate(verb, pause, hesitate, falter, balk) |
| parry(verb, move, cut, decline, slip) |
| turn(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, abandon) |
| alternate(verb, pause, hesitate, falter, balk) |
| apostatise |
| cavil(verb, decline, avoid, deceive, hide) |
| dither(verb, pause, hesitate, evade, falter) |
| duck(verb, move, cut, leave, abandon) |
| rat(verb, phrasal verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw) |
| repudiate(verb, stop, reject, abandon, influence) |
| avoid(verb, move, cut, decline, slip) |
| beg the question(verb, expression, idiom, decline, avoid) |
| decline(verb, reject, abandon, refuse, surrender) |
| depart(verb, advance, reject, withdraw, leave) |
| fudge(verb, move, cut, decline, slip) |
| mince words(verb, expression, idiom, clear, escape) |