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What is another word for skirting round?

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Verb
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Present participle for to get out of a situation, usually underhandedly
avoiding
evading
dodging
escaping
shirking
brushing off
sidestepping
skirting
bypassing
dancing around
discounting
disregarding
ducking
eluding
ignoring
neglecting
overlooking
shying from
wriggling out of
dispensing with
getting around
pussyfooting around
running away from
shaking
tergiversating
weaseling out of
weaselling out of
copping out of
fending off
funking
getting out of
giving the slip to
going around
keeping one's distance from
laying low from
paying no attention to
paying no heed to
paying no mind
shaking off
taking no notice of
tuning out
turning a blind eye to
turning back on
turning your back on
unheeding
unminding
declining
ducking out of
finessing
scaping
shirking from
shuffling out of
keeping off
steering clear of
circumventing
shunning
skiving
bilking
cutting
giving a wide berth to
skiving off
backing out of
beating
eschewing
shortcutting
juking
skipping
parrying
sliding out of
finding a way out of
finding a way round
giving the slip
pulling out of
ditching
pussyfooting
fudging
weaselingUS
weasellingUK
giving something a miss
short-circuiting
getting away from
skipping out on
staying away from
passing over
reneging
keeping away from
revoking
backpedallingUK
welshing
backpedalingUS
renouncing
quitting
withdrawing
abandoning
deserting
avoiding dealing with
fighting shy of
excusing
copping out
having nothing to do with
backing out
averting
weaseling out
getting out
backing down
backing off
weaselling out
shrinking from
deflecting
fending
diverting
escaping from
missing
cheating
losing
fleeing
shucking
shying
flying
leaving behind
giving a wide berth
giving the runaround
keeping clear of
staying clear of
frustrating
outrunning
tricking
outwitting
doubling
thwarting
foiling
running from
balkingUS
fencing
baulkingUK
baffling
forgetting
bludging
dogging
slipping away from
getting away
running around
slipping through the net
slipping through your fingers
staying shy of
throwing off the scent
keeping out of the way of
breaking away from
sneaking away
slipping out
skimping on
keeping at arm's length
escaping the clutches of
paying little attention to
slipping through the net of
keeping your distance
leading on a merry chase
leaving something undone
letting something slide
losing sight of
lying down on job
shuffling off
playing truant from
sloughing off
Verb
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Present participle for to go past or around an object or obstacle
bypassing
circumnavigating
circumventing
detouring
skirting
avoiding
going past
going round
detouring round
passing round
keeping out of
passing around
making a detour round
finding a way round
getting around
giving a wide berth to
finding a way around
going around
moving around
circling
moving round
walking round
edging past
passing over
Verb
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Present participle for to avoid giving a direct answer to (a question)
evading
parrying
fencing
fudging
hedging
avoiding
bypassing
circumventing
dodging
sidestepping
baulkingUK
balkingUS
ducking
equivocating
flanneling
flannelling
prevaricating
pussyfooting
stonewalling
tergiversating
waffling
weaselingUS
weasellingUK
avoiding answering
fending off
quibbling about
getting out of
copping out of
finding a way round
beating about the bush about
beating around bush
begging the question
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