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- addle
- amaze
- astound
- befuddle
- bewilder
- buffalo
- confound
- confuse
- daze
- disconcert
- dumbfound
- elude
- embarrass
- baffle
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- flee
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- flee
- bamboozle
- beat
- circumvent
- con
- deceive
- defraud
- disappoint
- do
- fleece
- flimflam
- foil
- frustrate
- gyp
- avoid
- beat
- beguile
- bilk
- bypass
- circumnavigate
- cramp
- crimp
- deceive
- detour
- disappoint
- dodge
- dupe
- abash
- amaze
- astonish
- astound
- baffle
- befog
- bewilder
- blend
- bug
- commingle
- confute
- discombobulate
- discomfit
- back down
- back off
- back out
- backpedal
- desert
- dodge
- excuse
- give the slip
- have alibi
- rationalize
- renege
- renounce
- revoke
- canal
- channel
- chase
- cut
- dike
- drain
- excavation
- furrow
- gutter
- mine
- moat
- trench
- watercourse
- contrivance
- device
- machination
- method
- plan
- plot
- ploy
- ruse
- scheme
- stratagem
- strategy
- subterfuge
- wile
- as much again
- bifold
- binary
- binate
- coupled
- dual
- dualistic
- duple
- duplex
- duplicate
- duplicated
- geminate
- paired
- bend
- bob
- bow
- crouch
- dip
- dive
- dodge
- double
- elude
- escape
- evade
- fence
- lower
- abandon
- abjure
- abstain
- avoid
- double
- duck
- elude
- evade
- forgo
- forswear
- give up
- have no truck with
- let well enough alone
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- beat around bush
- beg the question
- bypass
- cavil
- circumvent
- conceal
- confuse
- cop out
- deceive
- decline
- abscond
- avoid
- beat a hasty retreat
- blow
- bolt
- break
- cut and run
- cut out
- decamp
- depart
- desert
- elude
- evade
- aviate
- barnstorm
- bend the throttle
- buzz
- circle
- circumnavigate
- climb
- control
- cross
- dart
- dash
- dive
- drift
- antithesis
- background
- complement
- counterblow
- defense
- guard
- setting
- annul
- arrest
- baffle
- balk
- bar
- beat
- block
- cancel
- check
- circumvent
- confront
- conquer
- counter
- blink at
- burke
- circumnavigate
- circumvent
- depart from
- detour
- deviate from
- finesse
- go around
- go around the barn
- ignore
- let go
- neglect
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- back and fill
- beat around the bush
- beg the question
- dance around
- equivocate
- euphemize
- fudge and mudge
- hum and haw
- mince words
- shilly-shally
- tapdance
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- beat
- defeat
- distance
- elude
- exceed
- surpass
- baffle
- bamboozle
- beat
- bewilder
- cap
- cheat
- circumvent
- con
- confuse
- deceive
- defeat
- defraud
- dupe
- cop out
- dodge
- duck
- get out of
- pass on
- relay
- slide out of
- abjure
- abnegate
- avoid
- cease
- constrain
- curb
- decline
- deny oneself
- do without
- eschew
- evade
- fast
- fence-sit
- addle
- amaze
- bamboozle
- beat
- befog
- befuddle
- bemuse
- bewilder
- buffalo
- complicate
- confound
- discombobulate
- disconcert
- come-off
- delay
- detour
- difficulty
- diversion
- elusion
- escape
- escaping
- eschewal
- evasion
- inertia
- postponement
- roundabout
- bypass
- cheat
- creep
- dodge
- dog
- duck
- elude
- eschew
- evade
- fence
- get around
- goldbrick
- lie down on job
- discard
- ditch
- husk
- jettison
- peel
- pod
- remove
- shed
- shell
- strip
- worthless
- bilk
- cold-shoulder
- cut
- decline
- despise
- disdain
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- afraid
- apprehensive
- averse
- backward
- bashful
- cautious
- chary
- circumspect
- conscious
- coy
- demure
- diffident
- disinclined
- arrest
- avoid the issue
- beat around the bush
- brake
- check
- die
- drag one's feet
- equivocate
- fence
- filibuster
- halt
- hamper
- hedge
- baffle
- be beyond someone
- beat around the bush
- bilk
- circumvent
- confound
- cop out
- ditch
- dodge
- double
- duck
- eschew
- evade
- abstain
- avert
- bypass
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- deflect
- desist
- ditch
- divert
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- filibuster
- rebuff
- resist
- stall
- butt
- end
- projection
- stub
- tail end
- tip
- baffle
- balk
- beat
- bilk
- check
- circumvent
- confuse
- counter
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cross
- curb
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