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Antonyms for evading
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ih-veyd |
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈveɪd |
Definition of evading
Origin :- 1510s, "escape," from Middle French evader, from Latin evadere "to escape, get away," from ex- "away" (see ex-) + vadere "to go, walk" (see vamoose). Related: Evaded; evading. Special sense of "escape by trickery" is from 1530s.
- verb get away from
- "You are evading the main point, Rushton," said the superintendent.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- "I congratulate you on your success in evading it," observed Brentwick, undisturbed.
- Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
- Low-lying alligator, evading the eyesight and discouraging hope!
- Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
- But, evading him, she towered, lean and malevolent as a fury.
- Extract from : « Bardelys the Magnificent » by Rafael Sabatini
- He had often said he would surrender to his pursuers rather than kill his mount in evading them.
- Extract from : « The Coyote » by James Roberts
- "I guess that does sound funny," he admitted, evading her indignant eye.
- Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance
- "He's from this side of Banagher, sir," said Malone, evading the question.
- Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- He had wormed this fact out of her by that time because Flora had got tired of evading the question.
- Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
- "It is the accent of Naples, signora," said he, evading her question.
- Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever
- I did not wish to be quarantined, and determined on evading it.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Synonyms for evading
- 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
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