elude
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(verb) escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to elude me" |
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Synonyms: bilk, evade |
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Related Words: break loose, escape, get away |
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(verb) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me" |
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Synonyms: escape |
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Related Words: amaze, baffle, beat, bewilder, defy, dumbfound, flummox, get, gravel, mystify, nonplus, perplex, puzzle, refuse, resist, stupefy, stupify, trounce |
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(verb) avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; "He dodged the issue" |
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Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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Related Words: avoid |
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