ELUDE

• (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 : circumvent , dodge , duck , evade , fudge , hedge , parry , put off , sidestep , skirt

  She cleverly parried the question with a witty reply. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) escape, either physically or mentally

  "The thief eluded the police", "This difficult idea seems to evade her", "The event evades explanation"

  synonyms : bilk , evade

  you might force him to attend the special classes, but he always will bilk them through with this wonderfu thing called imagination. -added by diviya_inlas

• (verb) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

  "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

  synonyms : escape

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