circumlocute

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

• cold-shoulder
• fake out
• give the slip
• 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

Strongest match

• meander

Strong matches

• aberrate
• depart
• divagate
• drift
• ramble
• roam
• swerve
• veer
• wander

Weak matches

• be diffuse
• beat about the bush
• excurse
• get off the point
• get off the subject
• get sidetracked
• go by way of
• go off on a tangent
• long way
• turn aside
• wander away

Strongest matches

• deter
• detract
• discourage
• distract

Strong matches

• abstract
• detach
• disengage
• dissuade
• disturb
• sidetrack
• stall

Weak matches

• attract attention
• bend the rules
• catch flies
• disadvise
• draw away
• get around
• lead astray
• lead away
• send on a wild-goose chase

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

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

Strongest matches

• depart
• diverge
• wander

Strong matches

• digress
• divagate
• ramble
• sin

Weak matches

• do wrong
• excurse
• get off the subject
• get off the track
• get sidetracked
• go off on a tangent

Strongest matches

• amble
• cruise
• drift
• float
• hike
• meander
• ramble
• roam
• saunter
• straggle
• stray
• stroll
• traipse
• trek

Strong matches

• aberrate
• circumambulate
• deviate
• divagate
• diverge
• gad
• gallivant
• globetrot
• jaunt
• maunder
• peregrinate
• range
• roll
• rove
• trail
• tramp

Weak matches

• circumnutate
• follow one's nose
• hopscotch
• take to the road
• walk the tracks