give the slip

Strongest matches

• avert
• bypass
• dodge
• escape
• evade
• fend off
• shun
• sidestep
• ward off

Strong matches

• abstain
• circumvent
• deflect
• desist
• ditch
• divert
• duck
• elude
• eschew
• flee
• hide
• jump
• obviate
• recoil
• shake
• shirk
• shy
• skip
• skirt
• weave
• withdraw

Weak matches

• circumlocute
• cold-shoulder
• fake out
• hold off
• keep clear
• lay low
• run for cover
• shake and bake
• shake off
• shrink from
• shuffle off
• skip out on
• skip town
• stay away
• stay out
• steer clear of
• step aside
• turn aside

Weak matches

• back down
• back off
• back out
• backpedal
• desert
• dodge
• excuse
• have alibi
• rationalize
• renege
• renounce
• revoke
• skip
• use pretext
• withdraw

Strongest matches

• ditch
• duck
• elude
• escape
• evade
• fend off
• shuffle
• sidestep
• skirt

Strong matches

• dark
• deceive
• equivocate
• fence
• fudge
• hedge
• juke
• lurch
• malinger
• parry
• pussyfoot
• shake
• shift
• shirk
• short-circuit
• slide
• swerve
• tergiversate
• trick
• weasel

Weak matches

• circumlocute
• get around
• get out of
• move to the side
• put the move on
• shake off
• skip out on
• tergiverse
• turn aside

Strongest matches

• baffle
• confound
• dodge
• evade
• flee
• foil
• frustrate
• outrun
• outwit
• puzzle
• shun
• stall
• stonewall
• thwart

Strong matches

• bilk
• circumvent
• ditch
• double
• duck
• eschew
• fly
• shirk
• shuck
• shy
• stump

Weak matches

• be beyond someone
• beat around the bush
• cop out
• get around
• get away from
• give the runaround
• give wide berth to
• hem and haw
• not touch
• pass the buck
• pass up
• run around
• stay shy of
• steer clear of

Strongest matches

• counter
• curb
• elude
• frustrate
• hinder
• nullify
• prevent
• thwart

Strong matches

• baffle
• balk
• beat
• bilk
• bollix
• buffalo
• check
• checkmate
• crab
• cramp
• crimp
• dash
• defeat
• disappoint
• disconcert
• ditch
• dodge
• duck
• faze
• juke
• outwit
• rattle
• restrain
• shake
• skip
• stop
• stymie

Weak matches

• foul up
• get around
• give the runaround
• hang up
• run circles around
• run rings around
• shake off
• shuffle off
• throw monkey wrench in
• upset the apple cart

Strongest matches

• disappear
• escape
• flee
• fly
• go
• move
• quit
• retire
• start
• take off
• withdraw

Strong matches

• abscond
• decamp
• defect
• desert
• ditch
• elope
• embark
• emigrate
• exit
• flit
• forsake
• issue
• migrate
• part
• relinquish
• sally
• scram
• slip
• slip away
• split
• vacate
• vamoose
• vanish

Weak matches

• beat it
• break away
• clear out
• come away
• cut out
• go away
• go forth
• head out
• move out
• pull out
• push off
• remove oneself
• ride off
• run along
• say goodbye
• set out
• slip out
• step down
• take a hike
• take leave
• walk out

Strong matches

• clear
• dodge
• duck
• elude
• evade
• outrun
• rid
• shake
• stray
• unburden

Weak matches

• leave behind
• shake off
• slip away
• throw off
• wander from

Weak matches

• clear
• dislodge
• drop
• elude
• get away from
• get rid of
• leave behind
• remove
• rid oneself of
• throw off
• unburden

Strongest matches

• avoid
• bypass
• duck
• evade
• fudge
• skirt

Strong matches

• ditch
• elude
• escape
• juke
• pussyfoot
• shake
• shirk
• weasel

Weak matches

• dance around
• get around
• get out of
• go around
• put the move on
• shake off
• skip out on

Weak matches

• abuse
• deceive
• evade
• get away from
• leave behind
• lose
• outdistance
• outrun
• shake off
• trick

Strongest matches

• circumvent
• counter
• curb
• defeat
• foil
• frustrate
• hinder
• impede
• obstruct
• oppose
• prevent
• stop
• stymie

Strong matches

• baffle
• balk
• beat
• bilk
• check
• confuse
• cramp
• cross
• dash
• disappoint
• ditch
• dodge
• duck
• outwit
• pit
• restrain
• ruin
• trammel
• upset

Weak matches

• dead-end
• foul up
• hold up
• play off
• take down
• take the wind out of (one's) sails
• upset the apple cart