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"word": "tītahataha"
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"(intransitive) To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to deviate from the truth; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous."
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"word": "მიკიბვ-მოკიბვა"
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"To collude, as where an informer colludes with the defendant, and makes a sham prosecution."
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"(intransitive) To shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour; to deviate from the truth; to evade the truth; to waffle or be (intentionally) ambiguous."
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"word": "tītahataha"
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"sense": "deviate, transgress",
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"word": "搪塞"
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"code": "nl",
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"word": "rond de pot draaien"
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"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "vältellä"
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"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "éluder"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "se dérober"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "être/rester évasif"
},
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "miḳibv-moḳibva",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "მიკიბვ-მოკიბვა"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "ausweichen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "Ausflüchte machen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "köntörfalaz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "kertel"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "essere evasivo"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "equivocare"
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"roman": "būltaqtau",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "бұлтақтау"
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"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "tītahataha"
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"word": "булзах"
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"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"tags": [
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"word": "ᠪᠤᠯᠵᠠᠬᠤ"
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{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "uvílivatʹ",
"sense": "shift or turn from direct speech or behaviour, to equivocate",
"word": "уви́ливать"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "(law) collude",
"word": "prévariquer"
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"word": "prevaricate"
}
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