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verbavoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)type of:
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verbescape, either physically or mentallytype of:
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verbpractice evasion
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verbuse cunning or deceit to escape or avoid
Examples of evade
- "They tend to evade their responsibilities"
- "he evaded the questions skillfully"
- "This difficult idea seems to evade her"
- "The event evades explanation"
- "This man always hesitates and evades"
- "The con man always evades"