1. To be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; SYN. escape.
2. To escape, either physically or mentally; SYN. evade, bilk.
To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
To argue over petty things; SYN. niggle, pettifog, bicker, squabble, brabble.
To avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of; SYN. eschew.
1. Bypass, evade
2. To move out of the way of; avoid
3. To take a side step
4. To avoid an issue or decision
ETYM Latin evasio: cf. French évasion. Related to Evade.
1. A statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth; SYN. equivocation.
2. Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that one is supposed to do; SYN. escape, dodging.
3. The act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver.
1. Deceptive or delaying action especially in response to a request
2. Matter typeset in shortened measure to run around something (as a cut)
3. When people are not honest with you or helpful to you, they give you the runaround.