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avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
e.g. He dodged the issue
e.g. she skirted the problem
e.g. They tend to evade their responsibilities
e.g. he evaded the questions skillfully
Synonym: hedge fudge evade put off circumvent parry skirt dodge duck sidestep
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escape, either physically or mentally
e.g. The thief eluded the police
e.g. This difficult idea seems to evade her
e.g. The event evades explanation
Synonym: evade bilk
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be incomprehensible to
escape understanding by
e.g. What you are seeing in him eludes me
Synonym: escape