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CIRCUMVENT
(verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
"He dodged the issue", "she skirted the problem", "They tend to evade their responsibilities", "he evaded the questions skillfully"
synonyms : dodge , duck , elude , evade , fudge , hedge , parry , put off , sidestep , skirtShe cleverly parried the question with a witty reply. -added by naila_inlas
(verb) beat through cleverness and wit
"I beat the traffic", "She outfoxed her competitors"
synonyms : beat , outfox , outsmart , outwit , overreach(verb) surround so as to force to give up
"The Turks besieged Vienna"
synonyms : beleaguer , besiege , hem in , surroundthe clown was beleaguered by all the children into doing the peel-slip routine once again. -added by diviya_inlas
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
Mnemonics for circumvent
(Tag: ) circle + prevent => to form a CIRCLE or a boundary around the target so as to OUTSMART your opponent.
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(Tag: ) he WENT tru the situation by AVOIDing it
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(Tag: ) think all knows the story of ganesh who goes around the parents (shiva and parvati ) . he outsmarted muruga and got the sacred mango. circum (in a circle) vent (went around) for mango
added by arulmozhi
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(Tag: ) circum+went the person took an indirect path and went to kill the enenmy thus outsmarting him grrrrrrrrrrr......
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circumwin added by kmr.akhil
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