See elude on Wiktionary
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"ref": "1748, David Hume, Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral., London: Oxford University Press, published 1973, § 26:",
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"ref": "2021 May 29, Phil McNulty, “Manchester City 0-1 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:",
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"ipa": "/ɪˈlud/",
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"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "eludir"
},
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "duǒbì",
"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "躲避"
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"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "逃避"
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"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "éluder"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "sich entziehen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
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"word": "entkommen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "umgehen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "aus dem Weg gehen"
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"code": "km",
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"roman": "kɨc",
"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "គេច"
},
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "ēlūdō"
},
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "اجتناب کردن"
},
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"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "تفره رفتن"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "escapar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "eluda"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uskolʹzatʹ",
"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "ускользать"
},
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "eludir"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vyslyzaty",
"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "вислизати"
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "trốn chạy khỏi"
},
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"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "to evade, or escape from someone or something",
"word": "né tránh"
},
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "to shake off a pursuer",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "uniknout"
},
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to shake off a pursuer",
"word": "abschütteln"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to shake off a pursuer",
"word": "sich absetzen von"
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{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to shake off a pursuer",
"word": "sich entziehen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to shake off a pursuer",
"word": "entkommen"
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"sense": "to escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to",
"word": "sich jmds. Verständnis entziehen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to escape so.'s memory",
"word": "nicht einfallen"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to escape so.'s memory",
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