- Definitions|2
- Thesaurus|390
- Abbreviations|0
87 entries under avoid topic. ×
| equivocate(verb, move, stop, cut, clear) | |
| prevaricate(verb, decline, deceive, hide) | |
| hedge(verb, move, stop, cut, clear) | |
| dodge(verb, move, cut, slip) | |
| evade(verb, move, get, cut) | |
| shuffle(verb, move, cut, clear, decline) | |
| waffle(verb, phrasal verb, stop, clear, decline) | |
| fence(verb, move, cut, decline, slip) | |
| quibble(verb, shift, escape, lie) | |
| pussyfoot(verb, phrasal verb, move, stop, cut) | |
| shilly-shally(verb, dodge, evade, falter) | |
| hem and haw(verb, expression, idiom, stop) | |
| shift(verb, move, stop, cut, decline) | |
| sidestep(verb, move, cut, deceive) | |
| weasel(verb, move, cut, clear, decline) | |
| beat around the bush(verb, expression, idiom, shift) | |
| parry(verb, move, cut, decline, slip) | |
| cavil(verb, decline, deceive, hide) | |
| duck(verb, move, cut, leave, abandon) | |
| beg the question(verb, expression, idiom, decline) |
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