to escape from by trickery or cleverness

to evade one's pursuers.

to get around by trickery

to evade rules.

to avoid doing or fulfilling

to evade an obligation.

to avoid answering directly

to evade a question.

to elude; escape

The solution evaded him.

to practice evasion.

to elude or get away from someone or something by craft or slyness; escape.

verb

face , meet , take on

verb

avoid , baffle , balk , beat around bush , beg the question , bypass , cavil , circumvent , conceal , confuse , cop out , deceive , decline , dodge , double , duck , elude , equivocate , escape , eschew , fence , fend off * , flee , fly , fudge * , get around , give the runaround , hedge , hide , keep distance , lay low * , lead on a merry chase , lie , parry , pass up , pretend , prevaricate , pussyfoot , put off , shift , shirk , shuck , shuffle , shun , shy , sidestep , slip out , sneak away , steer clear of , tergiversate , trick , waffle * , weasel * , burke , shake off , slip , throw off , skirt , avert , ditch , foil , maneuver , quibble