evade
i vayd
- v avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
They tend to evade their responsibilities
he evaded the questions skillfully - v escape, either physically or mentally
This difficult idea seems to evade her
The event evades explanation - v practice evasion
This man always hesitates and evades - v use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid
The con man always evades
- Then she pretends umbrage that he would come on her show and evade questions.
- Traveling at night to evade army hit squads, Maung and 14 colleagues trekked through the jungle for seven days, stopping only to treat the sick and injured they came across with .
- China's official Xinhua news agency tersely stated that Ding had confessed that the women had "conspired with overseas forces to evade Chinese customs and import illegal goods to .