"evade" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɪˈveɪd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Mélange a trois-evade.wav [UK] Forms: evades [present, singular, third-person], evading [participle, present], evaded [participle, past], evaded [past]
Rhymes: -eɪd Etymology: From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“I pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“I go; walk”). See also wade. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*weh₂dʰ-}}, {{uder|en|frm|évader}} Middle French évader, {{uder|en|la|ēvādō||I pass or go over; flee}} Latin ēvādō (“I pass or go over; flee”), {{m|la|ē||out of, from}} ē (“out of, from”), {{m|la|vādō||I go; walk}} vādō (“I go; walk”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} evade (third-person singular simple present evades, present participle evading, simple past and past participle evaded)
  1. (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from Tags: transitive Translations (to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude): yayınmaq (Azerbaijani), itzuri (Basque), отбя́гвам (otbjágvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), отбя́гна (otbjágna) [perfective] (Bulgarian), evadir (Catalan), eludir (Catalan), (Chinese Cantonese), (sim²) (Chinese Cantonese), (Chinese Mandarin), (shǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), vyhnout se [perfective] (Czech), ontlopen (Dutch), eviti (Esperanto), väistää (Finnish), välttää (Finnish), livistää (Finnish), laistaa (Finnish), esquiver (French), ausweichen (German), elkerül (Hungarian), គេច (kɨc) (Khmer), evado (Latin), eludo (Latin), subterfugio (Latin), karo (Maori), papare (Maori), whakatītaha (Maori), бултах (bultax) (Mongolian), forbūgan (Old English), уклоня́ться (uklonjátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), уклони́ться (uklonítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), evadir (Spanish), soslayar (Spanish), dar esquinazo (Spanish), ухиля́тися (uxyljátysja) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-evade-en-verb-TIl8c8dq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 15 38 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 47 25 28 Disambiguation of 'to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude': 79 11 11
  2. (transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from. Tags: transitive Translations (to escape or slip away): изплъзвам се (izplǎzvam se) (Bulgarian), evadir (Catalan), paeta (Finnish), livistää (Finnish), välttää (Finnish), väistää (Finnish), s’évader (French), meiden (German), evado (Latin), subtefugio (Latin), subterfugio (Latin), ускольза́ть (uskolʹzátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), ускользну́ть (uskolʹznútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), evadir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-evade-en-verb-6rCRIfWi Disambiguation of 'to escape or slip away': 8 86 6
  3. (intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding. Tags: intransitive Translations (to attempt to escape): избя́гвам (izbjágvam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), избя́гам (izbjágam) [perfective] (Bulgarian), yrittää paeta (Finnish), sich entziehen (German), evado (Latin), избега́ть (izbegátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), избежа́ть (izbežátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), evadir (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-evade-en-verb-R0R8CNNh Disambiguation of 'to attempt to escape': 4 22 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: equivocate, shuffle, dodge, end-run, sidestep, give the go-by, give someone the runaround Derived forms: evadee, evadible, evasible, evasion, evasive Related terms: prevaricate

Inflected forms

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          "text": "The robbers evaded the police.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "to evade the force of an argument",
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          "ref": "1847, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord",
          "text": "The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles.",
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          "ref": "2004, “Moving Through Other Characters”, in GURPS Basic Set: Campaigns, page 368",
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          "ref": "2007, “Obstruction”, in GURPS Martial Arts, page 106",
          "text": "If someone tries to evade you from the front (see Evading, p. B368) and you have a melee weapon that can parry, you may roll against weapon skill instead of DX in the Contest. You keep him from evading if you win or tie",
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          "roman": "otbjágna",
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          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "evadir"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
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          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "閃"
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          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "sim²",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "闪"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "閃"
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          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "shǎn",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "闪"
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          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "vyhnout se"
        },
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          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "ontlopen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "eviti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "väistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "välttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "livistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "laistaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "esquiver"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "ausweichen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "elkerül"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "kɨc",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "គេច"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "evado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "eludo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "subterfugio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "karo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "papare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "whakatītaha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "bultax",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "бултах"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "forbūgan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uklonjátʹsja",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "уклоня́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uklonítʹsja",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "уклони́ться"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "evadir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "soslayar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "dar esquinazo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "79 11 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "uxyljátysja",
          "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
          "word": "ухиля́тися"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from."
      ],
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      ],
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        "(transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from."
      ],
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izplǎzvam se",
          "sense": "to escape or slip away",
          "word": "изплъзвам се"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 6",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to escape or slip away",
          "word": "evadir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to escape or slip away",
          "word": "paeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to escape or slip away",
          "word": "livistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to escape or slip away",
          "word": "välttää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 6",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to escape or slip away",
          "word": "väistää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 6",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to escape or slip away",
          "word": "s’évader"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to escape or slip away",
          "word": "meiden"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to escape or slip away",
          "word": "evado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to escape or slip away",
          "word": "subtefugio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 6",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to escape or slip away",
          "word": "subterfugio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uskolʹzátʹ",
          "sense": "to escape or slip away",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "ускольза́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 6",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "uskolʹznútʹ",
          "sense": "to escape or slip away",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "ускользну́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 86 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to escape or slip away",
          "word": "evadir"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding."
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding."
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        {
          "_dis1": "4 22 74",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izbjágvam",
          "sense": "to attempt to escape",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "избя́гвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 22 74",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izbjágam",
          "sense": "to attempt to escape",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "избя́гам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 22 74",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to attempt to escape",
          "word": "yrittää paeta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 22 74",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to attempt to escape",
          "word": "sich entziehen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 22 74",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to attempt to escape",
          "word": "evado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 22 74",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izbegátʹ",
          "sense": "to attempt to escape",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "избега́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 22 74",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "izbežátʹ",
          "sense": "to attempt to escape",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "избежа́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 22 74",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to attempt to escape",
          "word": "evadir"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈveɪd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪd"
    },
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      "word": "equivocate"
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      "word": "shuffle"
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      "word": "dodge"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "end-run"
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}
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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *weh₂dʰ-",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd",
    "Rhymes:English/eɪd/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "evadee"
    },
    {
      "word": "evadible"
    },
    {
      "word": "evasible"
    },
    {
      "word": "evasion"
    },
    {
      "word": "evasive"
    }
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*weh₂dʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "frm",
        "3": "évader"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French évader",
      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ēvādō",
        "4": "",
        "5": "I pass or go over; flee"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ē",
        "3": "",
        "4": "out of, from"
      },
      "expansion": "ē (“out of, from”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "vādō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "I go; walk"
      },
      "expansion": "vādō (“I go; walk”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“I pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“I go; walk”). See also wade.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "evades",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "evading",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "evaded",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "evaded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "prevaricate"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "He evaded his opponent's blows.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The robbers evaded the police.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to evade the force of an argument",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1847, Richard Chenevix Trench, Notes on the Miracles of Our Lord",
          "text": "The heathen had a method, more truly their own, of evading the Christian miracles.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, “Moving Through Other Characters”, in GURPS Basic Set: Campaigns, page 368",
          "text": "“Evading” is moving through ground occupied by an opponent without trying to knock him down. You can attempt this as part of any maneuver that allows movement, provided you can move fast enough to go past your foe – not just up to him.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2007, “Obstruction”, in GURPS Martial Arts, page 106",
          "text": "If someone tries to evade you from the front (see Evading, p. B368) and you have a melee weapon that can parry, you may roll against weapon skill instead of DX in the Contest. You keep him from evading if you win or tie",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from"
      ],
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        [
          "get away",
          "get away"
        ],
        [
          "cunning",
          "cunning"
        ],
        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "dexterity",
          "dexterity"
        ],
        [
          "subterfuge",
          "subterfuge"
        ],
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "escape",
          "escape"
        ],
        [
          "slip away",
          "slip away"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attempt",
          "attempt"
        ],
        [
          "artifice",
          "artifice"
        ],
        [
          "sophistry",
          "sophistry"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈveɪd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪd"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    {
      "word": "equivocate"
    },
    {
      "word": "shuffle"
    },
    {
      "word": "dodge"
    },
    {
      "word": "end-run"
    },
    {
      "word": "sidestep"
    },
    {
      "word": "give the go-by"
    },
    {
      "word": "give someone the runaround"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "yayınmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "itzuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otbjágvam",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отбя́гвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otbjágna",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отбя́гна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "evadir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "eludir"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "閃"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "sim²",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "闪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "閃"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǎn",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "闪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "vyhnout se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "ontlopen"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "eviti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "väistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "välttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "livistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "laistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "esquiver"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "ausweichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "elkerül"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "kɨc",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "គេច"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "evado"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "eludo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "subterfugio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "karo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "papare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "whakatītaha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "bultax",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "бултах"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "forbūgan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uklonjátʹsja",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "уклоня́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uklonítʹsja",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "уклони́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "evadir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "soslayar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "dar esquinazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "uxyljátysja",
      "sense": "to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, elude",
      "word": "ухиля́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izplǎzvam se",
      "sense": "to escape or slip away",
      "word": "изплъзвам се"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to escape or slip away",
      "word": "evadir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to escape or slip away",
      "word": "paeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to escape or slip away",
      "word": "livistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to escape or slip away",
      "word": "välttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to escape or slip away",
      "word": "väistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to escape or slip away",
      "word": "s’évader"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to escape or slip away",
      "word": "meiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to escape or slip away",
      "word": "evado"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to escape or slip away",
      "word": "subtefugio"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to escape or slip away",
      "word": "subterfugio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uskolʹzátʹ",
      "sense": "to escape or slip away",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "ускольза́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uskolʹznútʹ",
      "sense": "to escape or slip away",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "ускользну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to escape or slip away",
      "word": "evadir"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izbjágvam",
      "sense": "to attempt to escape",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "избя́гвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izbjágam",
      "sense": "to attempt to escape",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "избя́гам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to attempt to escape",
      "word": "yrittää paeta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to attempt to escape",
      "word": "sich entziehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to attempt to escape",
      "word": "evado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izbegátʹ",
      "sense": "to attempt to escape",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "избега́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izbežátʹ",
      "sense": "to attempt to escape",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "избежа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to attempt to escape",
      "word": "evadir"
    }
  ],
  "word": "evade"
}

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