to evade
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3.9
- verb
- /ɪˈveɪd/
:
evadir
- You're completely evading the issue!
- evading responsibility
- evade a question
- evade the issue
But we were able to kind of just evade all of these lockdowns.
- But we were able to kind of just evade all of these lockdowns.
- If the laws come to pass, do not seek to evade them, seek to break them.
- They're just powerful enough to be well off, but not powerful enough to evade taxation.
- So the first thought from world governments was, is Russia able to evade sanctions of crypto?
- And some of us resist by writing op eds, but other people resist by evading taxes.
- citizens or green card holders to the IRS to ensure that these people are not evading US taxes.
- And the truth of the matter is, it's because people like Elon Musk are able to evade paying taxes.
- Before Mccluskey's case and a weight versus United States, a number of people who had burned their draft card were charged with evading the draft.
- They have accused him of tax evasion, which of course he's evading taxes in Panama.
- So she says that a consciousness of this sort can neither seek nor evade them.
- So there's an opportunity here for the the individual within a context of levelling to evade it and surpass it.
Examples
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Your Honors, I do not evade the responsibility for my actions.
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How did you evade the Feds?
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How long can he evade authorities?
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In the end, it was always easier to let her evade the issue.
Fiction book (1994) -
I need you to stop evading the truth.
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Are you evading my question?
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You hid in Guernsey to evade tax and got caught.
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Yes, you're evading the question.
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When UBS was caught helping wealthy Americans evade taxes, they refused to cooperate with the government.
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He tried to evade the question about his involvement in the scandal.
Synonyms
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1.0
To stay away from something or not do it to stop something bad from happening
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2.9
To avoid dealing with a problem or responsibility
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5.8
To escape someone or fail to be understood
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6.8
To avoid doing something you are supposed to do
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7.7
To avoid a rule or problem by using clever tricks
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5.3
To avoid answering a question or facing responsibility by giving unclear answers
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8.9
To avoid something on purpose
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6.8
To avoid dealing with a question or problem
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7.4
To avoid giving a direct answer or clear commitment
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4.9
To avoid answering a question or dealing with a problem directly
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8.2
To avoid doing something you should do by being dishonest or tricky
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7.7
To avoid giving a clear answer or decision
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9.1
To avoid giving a direct answer to hide the truth
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8.1
To avoid answering a question by giving a vague answer
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6.0
To avoid answering a difficult question by changing the subject
To avoid answering a question directly by being unclear
To avoid taking responsibility by lying or being vague
Antonyms
How Evasive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Evade comes from the Latin parts e- 'out' and vadere 'to go', giving the idea of 'going out of the way'. So to evade a question or duty is to 'go out' of dealing with it — to avoid answering or doing it, often in a clever or indirect way.