| hedge(verb, move, cut, slip, avoid) |
| hem and haw(verb, expression, idiom, avoid, escape) |
| jive(verb, avoid, shift, escape, lie) |
| mince words(verb, expression, shift, escape, lie) |
| palter(verb, escape, lie, con, shuffle) |
| parry(verb, move, cut, slip, avoid) |
| pass the buck(verb, expression, idiom, avoid, escape) |
| prevaricate(verb, slip, avoid, escape, lie) |
| pussyfoot(verb, move, cut, slip, avoid) |
| quibble(verb, avoid, shift, escape, lie) |
| run around(verb, expression, phrasal verb, avoid, shift) |
| shuffle(verb, move, cut, slip, avoid) |
| sidestep(verb, move, cut, avoid, escape) |
| sit on the fence(verb, expression, idiom, avoid, shift) |
| tell white lie(verb, expression, idiom, shift, escape) |
| turn(verb, reject, dismiss, withdraw, abandon) |
| waffle(verb, avoid, shift, escape, lie) |
| abandon(verb, stop, reject, dismiss, withdraw) |
| abdicate(verb, stop, reject, abandon, refuse) |
| abjure(verb, stop, reject, dismiss, abandon) |