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English to English verb
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escape, either physically or mentally |
• The thief eluded the police
• This difficult idea seems to evade her
• The event evades explanation
source: wordnet30
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be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by |
• What you are seeing in him eludes me
source: wordnet30
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avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
• He dodged the issue
• she skirted the problem
• They tend to evade their responsibilities
• he evaded the questions skillfully
source: wordnet30
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To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow. | source: webster1913
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