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eluded

[ih-loo-did] / ɪˈlu dɪd /

VERB

avoid; escape

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

STRONG

bilk circumvent ditch double duck eschew fly shirk shuck shy stump

WEAK

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

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abet aid assist clarify clear up encourage enlighten explain face help meet support

WEAK

attract confront encounter entice invite take on

Example Sentences

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How, then, had Hector his impending fate Eluded, had not Phœbus, at his last,235 Last effort meeting him, his strength restored, And wing'd for flight his agile limbs anew?

From The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper by Cowper, William

It stole upon me hers was a face I knew; Yet when, or how, I had known it, for a while Eluded me.

From Time's Laughingstocks and Other Verses by Hardy, Thomas

The Vánar spy has passed the gate Of Lanká long inviolate, Eluded watch and ward, and seen With his bold eyes the captive queen.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)