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How to sign: avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
"He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully";
Similiar / Same: hedge, evade, skirt, sidestep, fudge, parry, elude, dodge, duck, put off
Categories: avoid
Within this category: quibble
How to sign: surround so as to force to give up
"The Turks besieged Vienna";
Similiar / Same: besiege, beleaguer, hem in, surround
Within this category: blockade, ebb
How to sign: beat through cleverness and wit
"I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors";
Similiar / Same: outwit, outsmart, overreach, outfox, beat
Categories: exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass
