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"she skirted the problem"verbavoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)type of:
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verbextend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
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nouninformal terms for a (young) womantype of:
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noun(Fungi) a remnant of the partial veil that in mature mushrooms surrounds the stem like a collar
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nouna garment hanging from the waist; worn mainly by girls and womentype of:
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nouncloth covering that forms the part of a garment below the waisttype of:part of:
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verbform the edge of
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"The boat skirted the coast"verbpass around or about; move along the border
Examples of skirt
- "she skirted the problem"
- "The boat skirted the coast"