Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). Synonyms:circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, skirt."She skirted the problem" , "They tend to evade their responsibilities" , "He evaded the questions skillfully"
... you can be a success without knowin' it, so if you been a failure all your life accordin' to your own dope, cheer up. But when you get up to the top where you can look down at all these other guys tryin' to sidestep the banana peels of life and climb up with you, knock off thinkin' what a big guy you are for a minute and give ten minutes to thinkin' what a tough time you had gettin' there. Give five minutes more to ruminatin' on how long the mob ... — Kid Scanlan • H. C. Witwer
...
