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What is another word for
giving the run around
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Present participle for to prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
Present participle for to avoid providing a clear answer or statement
Verb
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Present participle for to prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
frustrating
thwarting
hindering
foiling
impeding
checking
obstructing
preventing
blocking
hampering
stymieing
stopping
inhibiting
baffling
cramping
baulking
UK
forestalling
scotching
defeating
balking
US
fettering
scuppering
halting
barring
derailing
hamstringing
beating
dashing
circumventing
hobbling
ruining
spoiling
crushing
stifling
crippling
arresting
countering
overcoming
discomfiting
precluding
snookering
crimping
prohibiting
checkmating
disappointing
stumping
outwitting
banjaxing
negating
licking
forbidding
holding up
putting a stop to
nipping in the bud
putting the kibosh on
fouling up
doing for
screwing up
standing in the way of
hanging up
putting the lid on
putting a brake on
cramping one's style
upsetting the applecart
dashing one's hope
trammelling
trammeling
encumbering
handicapping
shackling
clogging
handcuffing
manacling
embarrassing
confounding
stalling
puzzling
stonewalling
nonplussing
upsetting
mystifying
flummoxing
crabbing
shelving
pigeonholing
cornering
interfering with
holding back
hog-tying
short-circuiting
tying up
putting paid to
cutting off
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
choking off
dead-ending
hanging fire
holding off
putting on hold
throwing a monkey wrench into
putting on back burner
curbing
restraining
retarding
quashing
restricting
destroying
suppressing
disrupting
opposing
putting an end to
deterring
cumbering
delaying
slowing down
quelling
sabotaging
repressing
interrupting
nullifying
squelching
constraining
bridling
staving off
queering
squashing
extinguishing
averting
subduing
counteracting
ending
heading off
demolishing
undoing
warding off
smashing
neutralizing
US
messing up
clobbering
wrecking
neutralising
UK
getting in the way
fending off
slowing
dishing
obviating
borking
getting in the way of
shattering
limiting
cracking down on
curtailing
annihilating
lousing up
bilking
devastating
marring
impairing
intercepting
terminating
nobbling
annulling
conquering
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
bringing to an end
avoiding
nixing
deflecting
debarring
interfering
putting the mockers on
putting the stopper on
subverting
undermining
stamping out
setting back
abolishing
wiping out
overturning
shutting out
shutting down
finishing
routing
sandbagging
escaping
snuffing out
repulsing
entangling
clamping down on
damaging
getting rid of
slapping down
offsetting
silencing
controlling
defending against
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
vanquishing
eradicating
scuttling
crossing
diverting
quenching
suspending
blighting
blowing
helping
smothering
killing
extirpating
interdicting
resisting
taking wind out of
forfending
parrying
pre-empting
invalidating
repelling
putting down
eluding
braking
taking down
binding
choking
making a mess of
putting off
working against
playing havoc with
ruling out
blowing a hole in
giving a hard time
bringing to naught
shutting off
breaking
evading
bucking
injuring
confusing
rooting
traversing
harming
destabilizing
US
snafuing
obliterating
staying
dampening
dispatching
eliminating
chillin
chilling
disempowering
decimating
sidestepping
bypassing
spiking
shaking
inconveniencing
tying
overwhelming
weakening
reducing
giving the slip
debilitating
obscuring
botching
skirting
overthrowing
contravening
stultifying
trashing
preempting
disconcerting
vitiating
bottlenecking
cutting short
destabilising
UK
remitting
throwing monkey wrench in
cruelling
taming
pausing
euchring
anticipating
intermitting
cooling
rattling
rebutting
mucking up
fazing
confining
rebuffing
steering clear of
weighing down
withholding
reining in
fighting back
holding
doing in
putting a wrench in the works
holding in
holding down
standing off
putting a damper on
chaining
picking off
turning aside
dragging your feet
getting the better of
stemming the flow of
getting in before
keeping back
sitting on
second-guessing
providing against
getting ahead of
canceling out
cancelling out
rendering ineffective
putting to flight
brushing off
beating someone to the draw
closing off
sending packing
turning away
keeping off
driving back
wreaking havoc
beating someone to the punch
thrusting back
forcing back
stealing a march on
turning back
causing havoc
putting a spanner in the works
beating back
driving away
making a hash of
beating someone to it
keeping at bay
seeing off
beating off
fighting off
countermoving
attacking
worsting
incapacitating
ravaging
discontinuing
throwing
disabling
threatening
compromising
getting out of
suffocating
clouding
throwing a curve
bollixing
hurting
strangling at birth
halting in its tracks
dodging
bringing to a close
making an end of
aborting
throwing a monkey wrench in the works
burdening
muzzling
diminishing
scrunching
squishing
ducking
petering out
wreaking havoc with
breaking up
breaking down
circumnavigating
cracking down
withstanding
leashing
ceasing
shunning
intruding on
commandeering
disturbing
affecting
freezing
damming
disfiguring
counterplotting
burying
blanking
strangulating
weeding out
preventing from making progress
straitening
influencing
tampering
shunting
catching
eschewing
mastering
trampling on
enmeshing
ensnaring
capturing
netting
forefending
jamming
conflicting
discommoding
incommoding
troubling
crashing
unsettling
juking
keeping lid on
ditching
snagging
putting the damper on
sweeping aside
outlawing
scarring
tethering
tainting
running counter to
saddling with
enjoining
boxing in
warding
postponing
eroding
missing
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
snowing under
heading off at pass
preparing for
overpowering
acting against
demoralizing
US
attenuating
throwing cold water on
staining
detaining
retardating
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
afflicting
bringing an end to
besting
tiing one's hands
denting
deferring
protracting
subjugating
shoving aside
stemming
throttling
defying
emasculating
sapping
screening
hemming in
decaying
beating down
causing setback
surmounting
complicating
taking wind out of sails
putting end to
proroguing
pouring cold water on
softening
challenging
demoralising
UK
keeping at arm's length
knocking down
chasing away
driving off
keeping away
forcing off
keeping in
slowing up
holding over
bogging down
backing off
putting back
bringing to screeching halt
holding off on
prolonging
making late
reining
dragging through the mud
putting on brakes
cheating
shipwrecking
queering the pitch of
clipping one's wings
glitching up
detracting from
containing
swallowing
muffling
dominating
poking full of holes
staunching
moderating
governing
monkeying with
prevailing over
gaining control of
winning against
triumphing over
getting a grip on
gaining mastery over
bottling up
discouraging
choking back
regulating
playing off
cooking someone's goose
keeping in check
keeping
taking the wind out of your sails
pulling in
slackening pace
keeping under control
keeping a lid on
biting back
damping
saving
letting
bringing to a standstill
playing for time
counterbalancing
toppling
balancing
counterpoising
countervailing
razing
wracking
negativing
turning off
equalizing
US
counterweighing
unbuilding
skinning
impoverishing
crazing
redressing
correcting
counterchecking
defusing
bringing down
counterweighting
overruling
deactivating
abrogating
overriding
forcing away
putting at risk
equalising
UK
compensating for
making up for
balancing out
evening up
making ineffective
squaring up
raining on someone's parade
ballsing up
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Verb
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Present participle for to avoid providing a clear answer or statement
hedging
equivocating
prevaricating
tergiversating
fudging
pussyfooting
dodging
vacillating
flanneling
flannelling
waffling
quibbling
evading
sidestepping
weaseling
US
weaselling
UK
ducking
stalling
avoiding
temporising
UK
temporizing
US
stonewalling
hesitating
shucking
shilly-shallying
dodging the issue
parrying questions
evading the issue
fudging the issue
humming and hawing
pussyfooting around
sidestepping the issue
beating about the bush
ducking the question
sitting on the fence
copping out
hemming and hawing
flip-flopping
blowing hot and cold
beating around the bush
shuffling around
copping a plea
passing the buck
hedging your bets
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giving the rundown
giving the rundown on
giving the sack to
giving the seal of approval to
giving the show away
giving the skinny on
giving the runaround
giving the right to
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