give the runaround

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 slip
• give wide berth to
• hem and haw
• not touch
• pass the buck
• pass up
• run around
• stay shy of
• steer clear of

Strong matches

• cavil
• dodge
• elude
• escape
• eschew
• evade
• falsify
• fence
• fib
• flip-flop
• fudge
• hedge
• jive
• lie
• palter
• parry
• prevaricate
• pussyfoot
• quibble
• shuck
• shuffle
• sidestep
• stonewall
• tergiversate
• waffle

Weak matches

• beat around the bush
• beg the question
• blow hot and cold
• cloud the issue
• cop a plea
• cop out
• cover up
• double-talk
• hem and haw
• mince words
• pass the buck
• run around
• sit on the fence
• tell white lie
• tergiverse
• weasel

Strongest matches

• avoid
• bypass
• circumvent
• conceal
• deceive
• dodge
• elude
• escape
• fend off
• flee
• get around
• hide
• sidestep

Strong matches

• baffle
• balk
• cavil
• confuse
• decline
• double
• duck
• equivocate
• eschew
• fence
• fly
• fudge
• hedge
• lie
• parry
• pretend
• prevaricate
• pussyfoot
• shift
• shirk
• shuck
• shuffle
• shun
• shy
• tergiversate
• trick
• waffle

Weak matches

• beat around bush
• beg the question
• cop out
• keep distance
• lay low
• lead on a merry chase
• pass up
• put off
• slip
• slip out
• sneak away
• steer clear of
• weasel

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 slip
• hang up
• run circles around
• run rings around
• shake off
• shuffle off
• throw monkey wrench in
• upset the apple cart

Strongest matches

• baffle
• confront
• depress
• discourage
• dishearten
• hinder

Strong matches

• annul
• arrest
• balk
• bar
• beat
• block
• cancel
• check
• circumvent
• conquer
• counter
• counteract
• cramp
• crimp
• dash
• defeat
• foil
• forbid
• forestall
• halt
• impede
• inhibit
• lick
• negate
• neutralize
• nullify
• obstruct
• obviate
• outwit
• overcome
• preclude
• prevent
• prohibit
• ruin
• stump
• stymie

Weak matches

• cramp one's style
• dash one's hope
• foul up
• hang up
• hold up
• render null and void
• upset the apple cart

Strongest matches

• fudge
• sidestep
• waffle

Strong matches

• duck
• equivocate
• evade
• flip-flop
• jive
• prevaricate
• pussyfoot
• quibble
• shuck
• shuffle
• stall
• stonewall
• temporize
• tergiversate

Weak matches

• be noncommittal
• beat around the bush
• blow hot and cold
• cop a plea
• cop out
• hem and haw
• pass the buck
• run around
• shilly-shally
• sit on the fence
• tergiverse

Strongest matches

• dawdle
• hesitate

Strong matches

• dally
• drag
• lag
• linger
• loiter
• pause
• prolong
• protract
• stall
• stay
• tarry
• temporize
• wait

Weak matches

• be dilatory
• defer
• drag one's feet
• goldbrick
• hang fire
• hold off
• let slide
• play a waiting game
• play for time
• postpone
• shilly-shally
• suspend

Strongest matches

• despise
• disdain
• eschew
• neglect
• pass up
• refuse
• reject
• scorn
• snub

Strong matches

• bilk
• cold-shoulder
• cut
• decline
• ditch
• dodge
• double
• duck
• elude
• escape
• evade
• shake
• shy
• stall

Weak matches

• get around
• give a wide berth
• have no part of
• have nothing to do with
• hide out
• keep away from
• keep clear of
• palm off
• shake off
• stand aloof from
• stay shy of
• steer clear of
• turn back on

Strongest matches

• choke off
• crimp
• foil
• impede
• obstruct
• stall
• stonewall
• thwart

Strong matches

• balk
• block
• confound
• corner
• crab
• cramp
• defeat
• mystify
• nonplus
• pigeonhole
• prevent
• puzzle
• shelve
• snooker
• stump

Weak matches

• cramp one's style
• cut off
• dead-end
• hang fire
• hang-up
• hold off
• hold up
• put on back burner
• put on hold
• throw a monkey wrench into

Strong matches

• balk
• dodge
• duck
• hedge
• renege
• shuck
• sidestep
• waffle

Weak matches

• beat around the bush
• circumvent
• cop out
• dance around an issue
• elude
• equivocate
• eschew
• flee
• get around
• hem and haw
• lay low
• pussyfoot
• put off
• shirk
• slip out
• sneak away
• tap dance
• worm one's way out of