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