n. Function: verb
1 to avoid or evade by some maneuver or shift FF1C; dodging in and out among the crowd FF1E; FF1C; dodged his pursuer with ease FF1E;
Synonyms: duck, fence, parry, shirk, sidestep
Related Words: malinger; avoid, elude, escape, evade, skirt; slide, slip; short-circuit
Idioms: fight shy of
Contrasted Words: ||banter, beard, brave, challenge, dare, defy, front, venture; confront, encounter, meet
Antonyms: face
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Synonyms: EQUIVOCATE 2, evade, hedge, pussyfoot, shuffle, sidestep, tergiversate, tergiverse, weasel