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What is another word for
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▲
Verb
To renege or change one's mind on a position, agreement or promise
To withdraw from something one has agreed to do
To shirk responsibility, evade a duty, or relentlessly uncover hidden information
To avoid providing a clear answer or statement
To leave, flee or escape from a place
To leave behind or stop caring for someone or something
Noun
The act of evading or avoiding a clear and honest response
A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense
Convenient option to avoid responsibility or difficulty
The action of evading something
A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason
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Verb
▲
To renege or change one's mind on a position, agreement or promise
renege
bypass
escape
sidestep
avoid
dodge
duck
evade
shirk
skip
skive
abandon
backpedal
bilk
cut
decline
desert
funk
quit
renounce
revoke
welsh
withdraw
excuse
back out
back off
shrink from
skirt round
duck-shove
run away from
skive off
steer clear of
back down
back out of
duck out of
get out
get out of
pull out of
slide out of
weasel out
wriggle out of
give the slip
fink out
go back on
get around
cop out of
elude
shun
circumvent
shake
scape
finesse
shuffle out of
weasel out of
eschew
parry
find a way out of
turn back on
shy from
find a way round
give a wide berth to
neglect
skirt
miss
cheat
beat
fence
shortcut
forget
bludge
dog
be lax about
slough off
leave something undone
not attend
pay no attention to
not attend to
lose sight of
play truant from
pay little attention to
skimp on
let something slide
be remiss about
lie down on job
shuffle off
tergiversate
juke
tergiverse
give something a miss
get away from
short-circuit
pussyfoot around
more ❯
“I finally decided that I am not buying a traditional hat but will
cop out
and wear a fascinator.”
Verb
▲
To withdraw from something one has agreed to do
back out
renege
withdraw
cancel
repudiate
recant
welsh
backpedal
surrender
avoid
resign
abandon
scratch
back down
back off
go back on
pull out
fink out
weasel out
renege on
default on
give up
shy from
wiggle out
worm out
beg off
fail to honour
call off
chicken out
get cold feet
drop out
change your mind
withdraw from
back pedal
retreat from
cry off
pull out of
throw in the towel
blow it off
chicken out of
get cold feet about
retract
break
break promise
do an about-face
rat on
break your word
abjure
renounce
forswear
betray
repeal
backtrack
have second thoughts
cop out of
back out of
backtrack on
wimp out
reconsider
cop-out
turn yellow
think better of
funk out
wuss out
lose your nerve
have no stomach for
bow out
bottle out
bottle it
abort
drop
scrap
do a U-turn
U-turn
do an about-turn
come around
come round
relent
flip-flop
scrub
revoke
rescind
abnegate
unsay
recall
crap out
call
foreswear
reverse
take back
default
break a promise
welsh on
go back
disavow
apostatize
relinquish
forsake
disprofess
have no more truck with
opt out
violate oath
have done with
resign from
tergiversate
desert
defect from
jump ship
axe
UK
ax
US
stop
discontinue
abolish
countermand
nix
overrule
halt
override
forget about
annul
nullify
invalidate
void
abrogate
negate
erase
end
terminate
mothball
quit
suspend
cease
ditch
break off
declare null and void
set aside
put an end to
shelve
pack in
postpone
quash
vacate
eliminate
cut
overturn
disannul
obviate
veto
interrupt
desist
waive
dismiss
put off
throw out
turf
do away with
dismantle
throw up
retire from
forgo
dispense with
finish with
wipe out
lift
put on ice
call back
lay off
revert
forget
cut off
withcall
chuck in
disown
disclaim
remove
obliterate
deny
make void
expunge
counterorder
rub out
render invalid
call in
discharge
disqualify
take out
overthrow
delete
finish
pull the plug
backwater
wangle out
crawl out of
renig
stand down
throw over
disallow
discard
desist from
turn your back on
knock off
divorce
part with
leave off
lay off of
kick
eighty-six
shut off
ignore
dust off
part from
remit
jilt
cut out
break with
shake
shun
sacrifice
write off
break up
can
give over
pack up
forfeit
alter
knock down
down
rule against
bring down
upset
change
prostrate
overset
jettison
dump
junk
take away
knock it off
check
call a halt
cut short
pull up
arrest
stop midstream
pull the plug on
call it quits
give notice
leave
retreat
redline
kill
more ❯
Verb
▲
To shirk responsibility, evade a duty, or relentlessly uncover hidden information
weasel out
dig up
ferret out
sniff out
Verb
▲
To avoid providing a clear answer or statement
weasel
equivocate
tergiversate
pussyfoot
hedge
fudge
waffle
dodge
duck
sidestep
circumvent
baulk
UK
balk
US
elude
shuck
shirk
eschew
flee
renege
welsh
hem and haw
beat around the bush
get around
give the runaround
dance around an issue
put off
slip out
sneak away
worm one's way out of
prevaricate
flannel
evade
stall
shilly-shally
be non-committal
parry questions
evade the issue
beat about the bush
hum and haw
sit on the fence
mince words
vacillate
quibble
avoid
shuffle
temporize
US
stonewall
temporise
UK
be evasive
dodge the issue
fudge the issue
be vague
blow hot and cold
pass the buck
cop a plea
pussyfoot around
duck the question
tergiverse
hesitate
be noncommittal
give the run around
shuffle around
sidestep the issue
be indecisive
hedge your bets
flip-flop
fence
parry
palter
cavil
con
jive
adumbrate
lie
subtilize
pettifog
fib
skirt
falsify
misrepresent
avoid the issue
be ambiguous
run around
cover up
duck the issue
give run around
stall for time
beg the question
shuffle about
straddle the fence
cloud the issue
tell white lie
double-talk
mince matters
shift ground about
bypass
skirt round
get out of
find a way round
ramble
skirt the issue
play it close to the vest
fend off
avoid answering
be equivocal about
be evasive about
quibble about
escape
shake
not pay
not give a straight answer to
cop out of
beat around bush
beat about the bush about
beat
shortcut
skip
juke
ditch
body-swerve
steer clear of
skip out on
dance around
give a wide berth to
give the slip
go around
shake off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To leave, flee or escape from a place
bolt
leave
flee
escape
abscond
retreat
fly
run
split
break
decamp
scarper
scram
skip
disappear
hightail
skedaddle
spring
ditch
dump
bail out
run away
run off
take off
beat a retreat
beat it
clear out
cut and run
fly the coop
hightail it
make off
make tracks
run for it
run out on
bug out
cut loose
cut out
drop out
kiss goodbye
leave high and dry
opt out
take flight
walk out on
do a bunk
leave flat
leave in the lurch
make a dash for it
step on it
beat a hasty retreat
do a runner
leave holding the bag
make a break for it
make a run for it
make oneself scarce
run like scared rabbit
take a powder
take it on the lam
take to your heels
vamoose
depart
clear off
head for the hills
show a clean pair of heels
leg it
light out
peel out
hook it
turn tail
skidoo
withdraw
make a quick exit
do a disappearing act
go
get away
quit
retire
scoot
get out
vanish
make a getaway
go away
go through
shoot through
exit
pull out
skip off
absent yourself
steal away
levant
slip away
push off
shove off
get
desert
move
set out
break out
do a moonlight flit
take French leave
set off
scamper
lam
do a fade
take a hike
hit the road
vacate
begone
break free
recoil
sneak away
get off
break out of
flit
go on the lam
be gone
walk out
head off
evacuate
buzz off
bug off
run along
part
bail
fall back
break loose
get free
duck out
go off
back out
pack off
pack up
step along
sling your hook
pike off
pike out
scat
make
blow
dash
book
draw back
pull back
hurry
slope off
do a vanishing act
back off
dart
get going
push on
make a break
make your escape
dig out
be on your way
hit the trail
sally forth
go AWOL
bog off
hustle
head
shrink
elope
get lost
shun
abandon
make a escape
burst out
move along
do a Skase
hasten
be off
back away
give ground
move back
make an exit
hotfoot it
take leave
make quick exit
start out
rack off
move off
peel off
take yourself off
check out
sneak off
move out
career
bound
hotfoot
slip
rush
bust
pass
emerge
double
absquatulate
race
evade
go like lightning
scurry
shoo
elude
clear
avoid
scatter
repair
hamba
voetsak
remove
wriggle out
advance
avaunt
work out of
play hooky
get away with
go scot-free
move away
take on the lam
drop back
set forth
give way
say your goodbyes
pack your bags
have it away
make a start
naff off
abstract oneself
up sticks
on your bike
sod off
haul off
hop the twig
flee from
get along
take a long walk on a short pier
push along
get stuffed
free oneself
strike out
nick off
break camp
betake oneself
bust out
pull stakes
draw away
pop off
hop it
be off with you
walk off
go jump in the lake
go and jump in the lake
take wing
get moving
hop the stick
barrel
bustle
hie
fade away
course
spread
recede
tear off
regress
break away from
hide
fold
disengage
slip through your fingers
amble
dash off
hasten away
yeet
get under way
run from
fly away
distance oneself
extricate oneself
have it away on one's toes
walk
be lost
jump ship
make good one's escape
jump
go back
take to flight
leave in a hurry
defect
get out of someone's clutches
go south
make a quick getaway
dog it
skip out
depart secretly
make scarce
go secretly
slip out
back down
resile
shrink back
go absent without leave
go missing
go west
abdicate
fly from
run away from
bolt from
sprint
scramble
migrate
emigrate
sally
git
absent
start
proceed
troop
step on the gas
shy away
step back
shrink away
turn away
run scared
make a U-turn
desert under fire
turn around
depart suddenly
dodge
go forth
cut
shoot
scuttle
aim
beeline
steer
bear
veer
blast off
move on
say goodbye
march out
hit the bricks
go your way
go and chase yourself
get out of my sight
skiddoo
give the slip
burst out of
abscond from
escape from
break loose from
sunder out
come out
make one's escape from
get on your bike
speed
zip
expedite
spur
whiz
shake a leg
make haste
hurry up
get a move on
move fast
make time
break away
withdraw from
disappear from
retire from
be gone from
go away from
set out from
renounce
drop
separate
break with
take oneself off from
depart from
go from
exit from
move out of
absent oneself from
disentangle yourself
walk out of
reject
forsake
jilt
discard
relinquish
part company
issue
decamp from
run along from
pull out of
take your leave of
say goodbye to
get out of
clear out from
go out
take off from
move from
step out
check out from
disaffiliate
range
cruise
wend
mosey
secede
book it
get cracking
make a move
abandon ship
make for
make one's way
exeunt
pull away
part ways
leave hastily
leave abruptly
go out of
come out of
bail out of
go offstage
flake off
do vanishing act
bid farewell
make one's departure
embark
slink
creep
sneak
skulk
end
discontinue
stir
slink off
creep off
finish
head out
neglect
betray
disregard
be done with
remove oneself
ride off
disengage from
do a bunk from
say one's farewells
slope off from
step down
walk away
come away
brush off
bail from
give up
break off with
drop out of
blow off
cast aside
bow out of
cast off
step aside from
call it quits
discount
jettison
ignore
repeal
scram from
part with
vamoose from
leave town
jump bail
forget
make oneself scarce from
take a hike from
give the slip to
take leave from
head off from
remove oneself from
run off from
cut and run from
slip out from
move out from
set off from
head out from
clear off from
demur
disclaim
shy
eject
eschew
disown
abort
revoke
screw
shirk
disavow
maroon
rescind
abstain from
bail on
refrain from
cheat on
parachute to safety
escape blame for
get off scot-free
escape punishment for
pull off
flinch
turn your back on
do away with
back out on
be disloyal to
break up with
be unfaithful to
fight shy of
jib at
quail at
baulk at
boggle at
hang back
fail
more ❯
Verb
▲
To leave behind or stop caring for someone or something
abandon
desert
leave
strand
ditch
forsake
dump
jilt
abdicate
maroon
orphan
quit
screw
leave behind
break with
cast aside
leave stranded
bail out
break up with
cast off
run out on
walk out on
cut loose
let go of
turn your back on
wash your hands of
back out of
bow out
dispose of
hang out to dry
withdraw from
bin off
drop out
leave hanging
kiss goodbye
walk away
chicken out
fly the coop
throw over
walk away from
leave high and dry
leg it
storm out
flake out
leave in the lurch
opt out of
pull out of
give someone the push
let someone stew in their own juice
take a powder
give up the ship
take a walk
give someone the big E
turn back on
chuck
discard
drop
give the elbow
leave flat
finish with
relinquish
reject
rat on
give up
blow off
break off with
kiss off
get rid of
leave someone holding the baby
run away from
renounce
jettison
beach
betray
cast away
split up with
run away
bail out on
cast ashore
give the heave-ho
eighty-six
surrender
forbear
trap
brush off
go
shed
forget
give notice to
isolate
cut off
stop going out with
leave all alone
break off one's relationship with
make an orphan
leave alone
leave parentless
leave in trouble
bail on
leave holding the bag
leave helpless
disown
leave in a lurch
leave isolated
throw away
split from
coquette
break off
give the old heave-ho
leave at the altar
split up
walk out
turn down
do the dirty on
break up
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of evading or avoiding a clear and honest response
tergiversation
prevarication
evasion
deception
deceit
misrepresentation
amphibology
casuistry
colouring
UK
coloring
US
con
cover
deceptiveness
delusion
dissimulation
distortion
duplicity
fallacy
fib
fibbing
hedge
lie
line
lying
shuffling
sophistry
speciousness
spuriousness
stall
stonewall
waffle
amphiboly
hedging
double meaning
double talk
cover-up
run-around
double entendre
quibbling routine
weasel word
song and dance
equivocation
doublespeak
circumlocution
indirectness
spin
weasel words
waffling
pussyfooting around
flannel
paltering
beating about the bush
fudge
cop-out
chicanery
misleading
fooling
duping
tricking
trickery
deluding
sophism
oversubtleness
fudging
subtlety
excuse
fallaciousness
casuistics
quibbling
legalism
rationalization
US
rationalisation
UK
trick
justification
specious reasoning
overgeneral reasoning
unsound reasoning
twisting the facts
more ❯
Noun
▲
A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense
reason
alibi
apology
defence
UK
defense
US
excuse
justification
plea
cop-out
cover
extenuation
cover story
song and dance
why and wherefore
explanation
vindication
pretext
story
mitigation
rationalization
US
palliation
argument
line
rationalisation
UK
grounds
pretence
UK
pretense
US
apologia
coverup
expedient
fabrication
subterfuge
get-out
cover-up
ostensible reason
mitigating circumstances
cause
whitewash
fish story
declaration
assertion
statement
allegation
evasion
front
basis
routine
disguise
claim
suit
out
right
fish tale
good reason
case
answer
account
retort
stall
proof
rationale
occasion
motive
premise
call
motivation
wherefore
foundation
need
inducement
provocation
why
warrant
ground
necessity
reasoning
factor
purpose
antecedent
authority
subject
stimulus
incentive
point
validation
causation
causality
footing
underpinning
evidence
accounting
pretension
requirement
mental gymnastics
upholding
insistence on
influence
prompting
obligation
determinant
apologetics
sake
apologism
goal
intention
aim
absolution
impetus
exculpation
exoneration
approval
objective
whitewashing
palliative
advocacy
support
acquittal
design
end
target
object
just cause
whatfor
exposition
whole idea
raison d'ĂȘtre
driver
instigation
causal agent
driving force
source
genesis
origin
chief ingredient
inspiration
whys and wherefores
principal element
way around
consideration
groundwork
bedrock
base
whyfor
presumption
more ❯
Noun
▲
Convenient option to avoid responsibility or difficulty
easy way out
dodge
cop-out
quick fix
escape clause
exit clause
Noun
▲
The action of evading something
evasion
escape
avoidance
elusion
dodging
eschewal
eluding
eschewing
ducking
shaking
shunning
circumvention
out
shirking
equivocation
bypassing
prevarication
skirting
fudging
dodge
evading
ruse
sidestepping
subterfuge
evasiveness
obliqueness
equivocating
excuse
lie
quibble
shift
slip
stonewalling
trick
cunning
ditch
cop-out
run-around
getting out of
finding a way round
refraining
abstention
refrainment
holding off
escapism
escaping
flight
nonparticipation
retreat
keeping away
steering clear
body swerve
steering clear of
bypass
hedging
tergiversation
shuffling
quibbling
fencing
cavilling
UK
pussyfooting
stalling
vagueness
stalling for time
ducking the issue
humming and hawing
sidestepping the issue
temporization
caviling
US
dodging the issue
shilly-shallying
beating about the bush
more ❯
Noun
▲
A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason
pretext
excuse
pretence
UK
ploy
ruse
cover
device
grounds
pretense
US
alibi
simulation
stratagem
subterfuge
con
feint
routine
stall
cop-out
cover story
cover-up
ostensible reason
red herring
supposed grounds
alleged reason
false excuse
fig leaf
song and dance
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