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dodge
dodge /dɔdʤ/
danh từ
động tác chạy lắt léo, động tác di chuyển lắt léo (để tránh...); động tác né tránh (một đòn...); động tác lách (để lừa đối phương...)
sự lẫn tránh (một câu hỏi...)
thuật, ngon, mẹo, khoé, mánh lới
a good dodge for remembering names
: một mẹo hay để nhớ tên
sáng kiến tài tình, sáng chế tài tình
sự rung chuông lạc điệu (chuông chùm)
nội động từ
chạy lắt léo, di chuyển lắt léo (để tránh...); né tránh; lách (để lừa đối phương, dắt bóng...)
tìm cách lẩn tránh, nói nước đôi, thoái thác
rung lạc điệu (chuông chùm)
ngoại động từ
né tránh
to dodge a blow
: né tránh một đòn
lẩn tránh
to dodge a question
: lẩn tránh một câu hỏi
to dodge draft (military service)
: lẩn tránh không chịu tòng quân
dùng mánh khoé để lừa gạt; cợt, giỡn, chơi xỏ (ai)
hỏi lắt léo (ai)
kéo tới, kéo lui, giật tới giật lui (vật gì)
to dodge about
to dodge in and out
chạy lắt léo, lách
Đồng nghĩa của dodge
Alternative for dodge
dodges, dodged, dodging
Đồng nghĩa:
avoid
,
duck
,
recoil
,
Noun
A cunning trick or dishonest act, in particular one intended to avoid something unpleasant
ploy
scheme
trick
device
ruse
stratagem
artifice
hoax
subterfuge
wile
deception
fraud
maneuver
manoeuvre
con
contrivance
gimmick
machination
scam
wheeze
tactic
trap
blind
cheat
expedient
pretext
bunco
canard
deceit
feint
fetch
flimflam
gambit
jig
juggle
knack
loophole
play
set-up
shenanigan
sleight
swindle
wangle
fastie
flanker
grift
lurk
rort
shift
con trick
method
plan
plot
strategy
game
stunt
move
imposture
racket
sham
gyp
sting
intrigue
trickery
pretence
fake
put-on
pretense
means
chicanery
double-dealing
bluff
whitewash
shell game
fast shuffle
measure
sleight of hand
design
duplicity
hustle
craft
cheating
spoof
conspiracy
twist
snow job
dirty pool
shenanigans
confidence trick
smokescreen
sell
fast one
con game
dirty trick
course of action
cover
rip-off
schlenter
hanky-panky
craftiness
double-cross
dishonesty
angle
jest
sport
sharp practice
setup
catch
evasion
humbug
line of action
cabal
falseness
instrument
funny business
rig
dirty work
guile
imposition
cunning plan
codology
chicane
caper
perfidy
skullduggery
step
scheming
artfulness
slyness
sellout
finesse
gamesmanship
shady deal
misrepresentation
jive
way
refuge
treacherousness
put-up job
monkey business
fix
infidelity
frame
deviousness
decoy
fraudulence
sweet talk
faithlessness
invention
swindling
wrinkle
legerdemain
skulduggery
action
cunning
leg-pull
fiddle
snare
wiles
perfidiousness
kidology
programme
program
project
disloyalty
Trojan horse
falsity
curveball
fun
concern
secret
counterfeit
fixture
brainchild
jugglery
bill of goods
jiggery-pokery
switch
escapade
feat
treachery
frame-up
resource
red herring
game plan
disaffection
recreancy
corruption
stab in the back
masquerade
plant
jazz
wrong
baloney
resort
recourse
bait and switch
skin game
little game
dirty dealing
stopgap
expediency
tack
makeshift
cozening
hoaxing
bamboozlement
duping
betrayal
excuse
front
treason
deceitfulness
distraction
lie
cover up
run around
unfaithfulness
illusion
policy
pretension
sophistry
operation
bait
machinations
underhandedness
hoodwinking
quackery
manipulation
scenario
lure
hokum
tactics
prank
covin
maneuvering
plotting
demarche
shuffle
two-timing
manoeuvring
practice
cover-up
hocus-pocus
monkeyshines
knavery
joke
stall
bunko
diddle
management
fourberie
slant
collusion
dissimulation
fabrication
sedition
shakedown
booby trap
smoke screen
secret plan
extortion
blackmail
double cross
smoke and mirrors
crooked deal
gadget
gizmo
widget
antic
tomfoolery
jape
accomplishment
frolic
lark
gag
gambol
equivocation
approach
kicker
monkeyshine
practical joke
victimisation
victimization
idea
innovation
coinage
concoction
creation
screen
cloak
mask
camouflage
fakery
path
road
course
line
loss-leader
shtick
cunningness
proposition
improvisation
pattern
purpose
savvy
inconstancy
take-in
ambush
dupery
tricks
plans
winning move
beguilement
horseplay
allurement
falsehood
delusion
distortion
porky
promotion
aid
apparatus
publicity device
eye-catching novelty
disguise
facade
bit
scene
formation
duck
insincerity
hypocrisy
set of tactics
soft soap
crocodile tears
ramp
kite
planning
clever move
bilk
mare's-nest
fallacy
ride
malarkey
hogwash
story
pork pie
shuck
crock
fib
sanctimoniousness
cant
posturing
mock attack
make-believe
façade
fraudulent scheme
boondoggle
swizzle
exploitation
swizz
system
scepticism
lying
skepticism
deceptiveness
one-upmanship
confidence game
unscrupulousness
sucker game
hosing
escape
venture
arrangement
blueprint
roguery
oldest trick in the book
phoneyness
empty talk
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
Tartufferie
attention-grabber
deviation
disturbance
distractor
commotion
diversion
interruption
enterprise
deed
connivance
complicity
stealing
embezzlement
song and dance
act
lies
propaganda
crookedness
stratagems
medium
complot
confederacy
substitute
movement
initiative
charlatanry
ground plan
master plan
league
fit-up
furtiveness
wire-pulling
surreptitiousness
waffle
talk
verbiage
nonsense
double-crossing
crafty designs
road map
plan of action
grand design
motion
backstabbing
business
untrustworthiness
false-heartedness
back-stabbing
way around
cop-out
ostensible reason
curve ball
false face
false clue
fool's errand
false trail
wild-goose chase
diversionary tactic
misleading clue
hookup
countermine
counterplot
misleading talk
shifting
agency
instrumentality
golden circle
tool
bad faith
secret understanding
solution
hot air
-gate
knowledge
agreement
involvement
consent
approval
skunk
guiltiness
graft
guilt
collaboration
cahoots
flam
diddling
proceeding
procedure
attempt
progress
effort
breach of trust
Punic faith
fraudulent artifice
fradulent artifice
ruses
schemes
manoeuvres
ploys
pitfall
maneuvers
toils
undertaking
formula
methodology
option
recipe
wiliness
foxiness
subterfuges
art
possibility
alternative
routine
trickiness
canniness
subtlety
agenda
guilefulness
ingenuity
shrewdness
cleverness
mode
subtleness
dissembling
cageyness
slickness
caginess
sneakiness
crookery
cozenage
palace intrigue
land mine
irresistible bait
struggle
mine
hidden danger
baited trap
mousetrap
trip wire
deadfall
contraption
appliance
show
knavishness
intention
subversion
bit of sharp practice
piece of deception
conniving
run-around
astuteness
dissemblance
foul play
bluster
deal
suggestion
draft
draught
proposal
dealing
honeytrap
disposition
process
charade
devices
strategems
gambits
contrivances
artifices
dodges
secret scheme
thought
manner
technique
avenue
bragging
bravado
bombast
submission
animus
route
conduct
mechanism
style
choice
regimen
gin
treatment
projection
false show
idle boast
praxis
exercise
behaviour
protocol
temptation
hook
dragnet
inveiglement
enticement
seducement
snag
dirty tricks
behavior
drill
snow
boast
braggadocio
jiving
grounds
come-on
mere show
big picture
modus operandi
mode of conduct
MO
method of working
mode of behaviour
red tape
simulation
alibi
false front
false colors
net
cunning stratagems
disingenuity
web
every trick in the book
quagmire
cover story
supposed grounds
entanglement
alleged reason
fig leaf
false excuse
morass
tanglement
quicksand
meshes
noose
Noun
A sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something
bolt
dart
duck
dive
jump
leap
spring
swerve
juke
lunge
dash
swoop
rush
charge
pounce
bound
run
thrust
sprint
race
break
scramble
stampede
scamper
sortie
spurt
sudden movement
attack
assault
surge
haste
onset
plunge
scurry
gallop
flight
start
push
shove
ram
barge
drive
bump
jolt
butt
poke
forward movement
swipe
swing
pass
Noun
An ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules
ambiguity
escape
excuse
gap
get-out
out
loophole
evasion
workaround
hack
bypass
circumvention
sidestep
let-out
escape clause
crack
defect
flaw
omission
inadequacy
fault
avoidance
plea
discrepancy
inconsistency
pretence
subterfuge
pretext
shortcoming
slip
pretense
outlet
means of avoidance
technicality
alternative
means of evasion
escape route
let-out clause
means of escape
way out
opening
window
door
weakness
egress
exit
hole
weak point
Noun
An illegal or dishonest scheme
racket
scam
fraud
trick
scheme
swindle
plot
con
intrigue
game
conspiracy
fiddle
cheating
shakedown
corruption
ramp
extortion
graft
dishonesty
crime
illegality
lawlessness
lay
squeeze
swindling
theft
push
rip-off
fraudulent scheme
dirty pool
con game
illegal scheme
criminal activity
illegal enterprise
bit of sharp practice
confidence game
illicit scheme
ploy
flimflam
ruse
stratagem
manoeuvre
machination
wile
contrivance
subterfuge
sting
maneuver
artifice
plan
tactic
hustle
deception
grift
device
design
sleight
shell game
confidence trick
shenanigan
setup
bunko
shift
gambit
play
knack
jig
juggle
gimmick
fetch
angle
method
gyp
bunco
expedient
hoax
cabal
move
strategy
action
wheeze
craft
game plan
cheat
bunco game
Ponzi
skin game
bait-and-switch
boiler room
programme
blueprint
tactics
program
brainchild
project
trickery
lurk
way
deceit
stunt
con trick
scheming
chicanery
feint
master plan
craftiness
plan of action
course of action
line of action
little game
bluff
pretext
machinations
pretence
rort
approach
policy
procedure
frame-up
cunning
covin
duplicity
double-cross
evasion
system
technique
methodology
arrangement
gamesmanship
schlenter
scenario
fix
guile
manner
means
collusion
shenanigans
enterprise
tack
style
agenda
practice
recipe
con job
twist
pretense
manoeuvring
artfulness
slyness
secret plan
put-up job
bait and switch
sleight of hand
maneuvering
proposition
ground plan
set-up
rig
flanker
savvy
lie
masquerade
blind
smokescreen
cunning plan
caper
deviousness
wangle
improvisation
clever move
trap
finesse
pattern
cunningness
fake
purpose
loophole
excuse
refuge
sham
venture
jiggery-pokery
hanky-panky
chicane
legerdemain
jugglery
skullduggery
skulduggery
struggle
piece of deception
scene
bit
beguilement
horseplay
slant
monkey business
allurement
monkeyshines
lure
imposition
switch
dissimulation
undertaking
process
path
avenue
measure
step
option
confederacy
complot
route
routine
mechanism
operation
formula
choice
regimen
conduct
connivance
complicity
booby trap
one-upmanship
league
fit-up
praxis
exercise
behaviour
mode
protocol
line
possibility
alternative
sharp practice
sedition
perfidy
frame
treachery
treacherousness
hookup
countermine
counterplot
disloyalty
modus operandi
proceeding
mode of behaviour
behavior
red tape
mode of conduct
course
road map
MO
method of working
grand design
drill
planning
golden circle
-gate
schedule
secret understanding
proposed action
story
line of attack
layout
set of tactics
knowledge
agreement
involvement
collaboration
consent
approval
plotting
skunk
guiltiness
whitewash
cahoots
flam
diddling
guilt
diddle
fast shuffle
fradulent artifice
fraudulent artifice
bill of goods
canard
kite
swizz
fastie
boondoggle
swizzle
dupe
mockery
gold brick
Noun
A quick and nimble move, typically to elude
juke
sidestep
duck
dummy
fake
shirk
swerve
shake
evasion
fake out
two-step
Euro step
dart
bolt
spring
leap
dive
jump
Noun
Means
instrumentation
apparatus
console
control panel
controls
dashboard
dials
instrument
instrument panel
instruments
means
agency
agent
aid
auspices
avenue
channel
course
equipment
expedient
factor
fashion
gimmick
instrumentality
intermediary
machinery
manner
measure
mechanism
medium
ministry
mode
organ
organisation
organization
paraphernalia
path
power
process
road
route
step
system
tactic
technique
trick
vehicle
modus operandi
stepping-stone
ways and means
dash
way
method
procedure
keyboard
control board
panel
cockpit console
instrument board
control desk
mixer
master control desk
jack field
measures
pathway
vent
release
outlet
approach
platform
pipeline
safety valve
release mechanism
means of expression
way of harnessing
mode of expression
means of release
methodology
style
strategy
form
practice
recipe
plan
routine
tactics
tack
line
scheme
force
programme
program
operation
formula
course of action
MO
how
policy
channels
cause
modus
custom
red tape
stratagem
move
arrangement
blueprint
structure
workings
action
method of working
proceeding
devices
approaches
plan of action
procedures
methods
line of action
systems
tool
implement
influence
ways
venue
forum
soapbox
maneuver
manoeuvre
protocol
steps
regimen
angle
design
effect
plot
driver
catalyst
plan of attack
line of attack
game plan
master plan
nuts and bolts
device
assistance
help
art
craft
ploy
wherewithal
science
machine
framework
maneuvering
vein
direction
practices
conduit
driving force
option
praxis
knowledge
alternative
methods and means
methods and resources
manoeuvring
setup
practises
agenda
conduct
exercise
drill
how-to
the book
road map
grand design
activity
work
springboard
campaigning
generalship
manoeuvres
material
stepping stone
support
efficiency
techniques
planning
diplomacy
defence
defense
campaign
maneuvers
disposition
undertaking
administration
institution
scenario
machination
contrivance
idea
concept
way in
setting
engine
choice
ruse
behaviour
possibility
scene
backdrop
stage
place
means of access
model
vector
mouthpiece
office
bureau
department
prescription
voice
behavior
enterprise
racket
M.O.
capacity
touch
technic
context
intermediate
cogs
mechanisms
attitude
perspective
slant
viewpoint
mode of behaviour
mode of conduct
schema
rubric
operating procedure
modus vivendi
state
condition
motor
accouterment
tenor
wrinkle
styles
routines
disciplines
ingredients
instructions
receipt
directions
processes
attack
quality
tone
phraseology
locution
opportunity
environment
stab
whack
mind-set
point of view
practise
game
ground plan
method of operation
manner of working
rule of thumb
method of operating
mode of operation
method of functioning
regularity
rules
nitty-gritty
set-up
element
object
skills
wisdoms
artistries
theory
government
way of achieving
means of achieving
guidelines
source of
way of ensuring
means of ensuring
compound
author
artifice
pattern
transaction
genre
situation
posture
wise
book
rule
type
status
kind
sort
means of communication
mother
inspiration
agendum
series of steps
performance
way of doing things
set of procedures
set of principles
fixed order
causality
impetus
likely cause of
meeting place
logical order
frame of reference
orderly process
set of guidelines
set of channels
systematic process
standard operating procedure
the numbers
set of tactics
SOP
logical process
discipline
bottom
executive branch
government department
administrative agency
track
wisdom
skill
artistry
circuit
trail
doer
round
body of knowledge
routeway
causal agency
causal agent
prime mover
alpha and omega
be-all and end-all
run
journey
beat
passage
itinerary
lane
byway
beeline
rounds
detour
flight path
short cut
Noun
Dodge, evade
volt
thrust-avoiding leap
leap
sidestep
spring
feint
Noun
A slight objection or criticism about a trivial matter
quibble
evasion
avoidance
equivocation
fudging
hedging
prevarication
dodging
shunning
escape
eluding
elusion
ducking
eschewal
cop-out
shirking
circumvention
shaking
out
eschewing
evading
run-around
refraining
absention
recoil
nonparticipation
keeping away
prevention
escapism
preventing
restraint
retreat
delay
passive resistance
departure
self-restraint
forbearance
escaping
flight
recession
anticipation
steering clear
parry
body swerve
steering clear of
cunning
deception
shuffling
pretext
artifice
bypassing
subterfuge
trickery
ruse
sidestepping
go-by
obliqueness
evasiveness
sophism
bilking
sophistry
ditch
shift
lie
jive
stall
stonewall
getting out of
finding a way round
equivocating
trick
routine
excuse
fugivity
skirting
stonewalling
fancy footwork
fugiviteness
slip
abstention
refrainment
holding off
bypass
dishonesty
distortion
fibbing
deceitfulness
circumventing
come-off
difficulty
detour
diversion
postponement
inertia
roundabout
Noun
Confusing word
weasel word
confusing statement
equivocal saying
evasion
misleading statement
misleading word
suppressio veri
waffling
Noun
Great skill in a particular field
expertise
know-how
proficiency
facility
knowledge
skill
ability
knack
mastery
skills
adroitness
deftness
dexterity
expertness
prowess
virtuosity
calibre
capability
class
craft
grasp
nous
skilfulness
talent
aptness
competency
expertism
finesse
grip
panache
savvy
skillfulness
ableness
aptitude
artistry
caliber
chops
command
competence
craftsmanship
form
genius
gift
masterliness
polish
professionalism
sharpness
skillset
technique
touch
workmanship
adeptness
art
capableness
effectiveness
efficiency
excellence
flair
mastership
nimbleness
pzazz
pizzazz
poise
potency
potential
strength
agility
artfulness
bent
capacity
elegance
endowment
fitness
goods
grace
gracefulness
handiness
ingenuity
masterfulness
means
moxie
potentiality
power
puissance
refinement
resourcefulness
sophistication
stuff
style
artistic ability
green thumb
wherewithal
right stuff
savoir faire
savoir-faire
what it takes
cleverness
faculty
accomplishment
experience
brilliance
cunning
forte
dexterousness
artifice
intelligence
smarts
head
propensity
qualification
readiness
quickness
understanding
acumen
astuteness
inventiveness
instinct
inclination
wizardry
wisdom
mind
brain
sleight
smartness
giftedness
distinction
quality
creativity
leaning
attainment
address
method
sagacity
specialization
strong point
abilities
imagination
trick
suitability
makings
clout
slickness
handiwork
nose
work
sense
execution
numerical competence
might
comprehension
shrewdness
versatility
specialty
canniness
specialisation
natural ability
disposition
familiarity
feel
niftiness
brightness
effortlessness
wit
awareness
acquaintance
numeracy
mathematical ability
perception
fluency
discernment
speciality
intellect
education
turn
effectualness
predilection
proclivity
talents
virtue
force
function
ease
merit
thoroughness
the goods
artisanship
savviness
authority
the right stuff
practicality
greatness
profession
credentials
precision
magic
worth
qualifications
approach
finish
coordination
guile
performance
subtlety
judgment
background
ingeniousness
intuition
judgement
stature
character
acquirement
acuity
way
IQ
qualities
efficacy
perspicacity
superiority
eminence
neatness
feeling
acuteness
foxiness
cageyness
caginess
intuitiveness
secret
brains
learning
qualifiedness
standard
delicacy
set
resources
asset
braininess
promise
penchant
essence
gifts
strengths
constitution
habilitation
worthiness
inspiration
value
gumption
knowingness
sapience
learnedness
erudition
pre-eminence
property
achievement
academic skill
technical skill
game
skillage
manner
éclat
delivery
civility
rectitude
respectability
flourish
elan
dash
powers
musicianship
docility
trademark
parts
probity
steadiness
mojo
ken
knowing inside out
tendency
advance
advancement
oil
headway
progress
formula
attribute
accuracy
daintiness
proneness
faculties
facilities
hard skill
mind for
numen
dedication
willingness
polished skill
reliability
light-footedness
lightsomeness
preciseness
stylishness
swiftness
litheness
simplicity
quick-wittedness
smoothness
spryness
legerdemain
energy
reach
pistol
peculiarity
insight
precociousness
precocity
the formula
originality
superability
competitiveness
agency
dynamism
perspicuity
efficacity
productiveness
edge
efficaciousness
bookishness
suss
knowledgeableness
facileness
handicraft
manufacture
sleight of hand
creative power
diplomacy
imaginativeness
discretion
sharp-wittedness
great ability
cutting it
hacking it
knowing way around
productivity
nippiness
record
past
training
grounding
keenness
penetration
design
artwork
hand-eye coordination
straightforwardness
competencies
making the grade
cutting the mustard
quick wit
calculation
esprit
quick wits
predisposition
attributes
accomplishments
features
development
vision
initiative
enterprise
hang of something
eye-hand coordination
temperament
hang of it
skillsets
suitableness
powerfulness
adequacy
organisation
organization
clear-sightedness
hardheadedness
common sense
innate knowledge
perceptivity
deviousness
cognizance
control
apprehension
sixth sense
specialized technique
specialized skill
specialism
specialized knowledge
stunt
exploit
feat
employability
deeds
discrimination
farsightedness
common
arguteness
sensitivity
percipience
intimacy
enlightenment
conversance
edification
acquaintanceship
cognition
schooling
wiliness
craftiness
hang
number
device
fields of expertise
conception
scholarship
aplomb
cultivation
concept
horse sense
grey matter
curriculum vitae
no trouble
no difficulty
no bother
deed
slyness
intricacy
clue
appreciation
powers of reasoning
good taste
capacities
fortes
competences
subtleness
cunningness
sneakiness
complexity
guilefulness
tour de force
life skills
practical knowledge
expert knowledge
fluency in
ability in
exquisiteness
advantage
core competency
metier
métier
job
role
trade
strong suit
field of expertise
field
niche
upper hand
wire
burden
in
succor
succour
body
license
tier
intestinal fortitude
pith
long suit
gist
connection
core
security
purport
meat
responsibility
post
line of work
undertaking
occupation
task
position
duty
line
business
vocation
calling
area
career
avocation
employment
livelihood
concern
thing
engagement
gig
assignment
Noun
A hidden problem or disadvantage in an apparently ideal situation
catch
hitch
snag
drawback
disadvantage
pitfall
trap
complication
difficulty
problem
gotcha
hiccup
trick
downside
hindrance
hurdle
impediment
setback
snare
con
conundrum
disbenefit
gimmick
joker
minus
obstacle
ploy
puzzle
puzzler
wile
catch-22
stumbling block
booby trap
land mine
fly in the ointment
joker in the pack
limitation
handicap
obstruction
barrier
defect
weakness
restriction
trouble
issue
spanner in the works
monkey wrench in the works
bar
check
deterrent
curb
flaw
hazard
restraint
crimp
fault
block
fetter
trammel
shortcoming
encumbrance
inhibition
glitch
imperfection
facer
cramp
inconvenience
drag
dilemma
stop
balk
deficiency
embarrassment
baulk
weak point
predicament
detriment
clog
pickle
interference
burden
liability
manacle
holdback
chain
cumber
negative
weak spot
stoppage
quagmire
holdup
hamper
shackles
quandary
let
brake
nuisance
hang-up
constraint
entanglement
tangle
failing
delay
headache
bug
plight
scrape
blockage
mess
barricade
impedance
sticking point
stricture
rub
jam
road block
tight spot
monkey wrench
interruption
hassle
fix
spot
uphill
debit
incommodity
strike
blockade
discouragement
perplexity
lack
demerit
albatross
millstone
gridlock
box
hole
mire
toils
wall
muddle
lock
tanglement
quicksand
meshes
morass
mesh
ball and chain
difficult situation
control
hold-up
frailty
web
ill
danger
peril
foible
crunch
knot
adversity
damper
bind
condition
worry
disability
hardship
inadequacy
infirmity
corner
cumbrance
negative aspect
blemish
dispute
question
baggage
impasse
fallibility
preventive
circumscription
bottleneck
impairment
hampering
sin
swamp
rattrap
crisis
strait
shackle
retardation
retardment
circumvention
roadblock
jam-up
excess baggage
stone in one's path
tight corner
gremlin
sticky situation
bother
sticky wicket
no-win situation
millstone around your neck
rabbit hole
tricky situation
complaint
harm
bad
flip side
stumbling stone
penalty
pale
privation
affliction
traverse
prevention
sabotage
intervention
kink
afterdeal
hangup
occlusion
congestion
prob
foot dragging
evil
aggravation
mountain
blocking
checkmate
other side of the coin
prohibition
tie
load
disablement
disorder
factor
development
banana skin
unseen problem
cropper
blank wall
dead weight
red tape
uncertainty
confusion
conflict
indecision
poser
vicious circle
double bind
awkward situation
difficult choice
thorn in one's side
vexation
mix-up
source of difficulty
hot potato
grievance
hornets' nest
source of trouble
thorn in one's flesh
vexed question
question mark
the rub
misfortune
rein
buttress
net
vice
consequence
break
reverse
reversal
bridle
blow
botheration
downfall
mishap
want
dereliction
worriment
habit
count
doubt
squeeze
disagreement
bugbear
noose
restrainer
safeguard
snafu
discontinuance
point at issue
can of worms
disputed point
hot water
lapse
rebuff
whammy
harness
bump
teething trouble
disincentive
pockmark
blight
scar
mark
excrescence
excrescency
blotch
mar
disfigurement
incompleteness
deformity
regulation
limit
stipulation
insufficiency
rule
demarcation
feet of clay
corruption
peccadillo
failure
taint
defectiveness
Achilles heel
blot
qualification
provision
proviso
mountain to climb
matter
entrapment
rider
containment
confinement
strings
requirement
subject
affair
limits
string
contraction
no-no
reservation
fine print
custody
bounds
small difficulty
ceiling
concern
interest
puzzlement
focus
case
contention
subject matter
theme
point of contention
crux
argument
topic
matter of contention
enigma
stumper
point
challenge
determent
deterrence
dissuasion
arrest
thwarting
halt
forestalling
upset
disturbance
preclusion
obviation
straitjacket
avoidance
disruption
annoyance
checking
interception
inhibitor
disappointment
fuss
trial
stopping
forestallment
deterence
closure
defence
cutoff
pain
opposition
defense
precaution
caution
interdict
preventative
suppression
awkwardness
unwieldiness
unfitness
exasperation
distress
untimeliness
unsuitableness
cumbersomeness
troublesomeness
uneasiness
stew
cross to bear
embargo
curtailment
frustration
protection
fetters
unhandiness
defeat
bothersomeness
cross
constriction
woe
close
shutdown
captivity
anxiety
layoff
abeyance
stress
disqualification
security
ban
precautionary measure
discomfort
bonds
foiling
fence
curbing
tie-up
obligation
baulking
remedy
boycott
stifling
reduction
snarl-up
quashing
intimidation
warning
grief
repression
snarl
logjam
preventive measure
protective measure
incommodiousness
struggle
cessation
knock
manacles
chains
deadweight
detention
clampdown
clot
problems
balking
bondage
taboo
duty
suspension
irritation
bad news
disquiet
bummer
unease
weight
constrainment
body blow
agitation
wet blanket
unpleasantness
knock-back
traffic jam
piece of bad luck
task
one in the eye
bit of trouble
reversal of fortune
kick in the teeth
strain
bond
down
immobilization
sit-down
deduction
walkout
lockout
downtime
standstill
elimination
barring
choking
bone of contention
commitment
misery
disgrace
hobble
anticipation
averting
precluding
yoke
slowing
wait
injury
railing
weary load
preemption
albatross around one's neck
prophylaxis
deadlock
exclusion
detainment
psychological baggage
remonstrance
expostulation
persuasion
saddle
debt
guilt
deterring factor
handicapping
tailback
chill
leash
immobilisation
put down
damp
millstone round someone's neck
holding pattern
depressant
cloud
proscription
defensive measures
narrowing
backup
queue
tribulation
gloom
pall
stint
issues
bridling
bulwark
pinch
moratorium
veto
stopping up
strife
shackling
fettering
holding back
cramping
smothering
deal-breaker
depression
monkey on one's back
interdiction
encirclement
turmoil
halting
deep trouble
dire straits
torment
circumspection
injunction
modification
definition
row
sorrow
onus
infarct
embolus
cordon
infarction
rahui
regression
flip-flop
unfortunate development
slowdown
backset
comedown
regress
bath
about-face
foil
bottom
sublimation
cold water
cinchers
anchor
binders
retarding device
interference with
reverse of fortune
double whammy
restricted access
maximum
palladium
fail-safe
protective
shield
responsibility
charge
mental weight
blame
punishment
unwanted responsibility
accountability
putting an end to
putting an stop to
nipping in the bud
blunder
drawing board
hold
moderation
cap
line of defense
slip
spoiling
whole new ballgame
retardant
neutralizer
prophylactic
inefficacy
error
irk
irritant
thorn
peeve
harassment
pest
aggro
ruffle
threshold
rope
order
instruction
deprivation
pinions
decrease
abridgment
abridgement
command
miscalculation
mistake
mischance
bafflement
arrestment
finish
discontinuation
expiration
end
surcease
closedown
stay
termination
shutoff
conclusion
cease
offset
ending
nuisance value
countering
bound
restraining order
irons
handcuffs
cuffs
scotching
derailment
dashing
crushing
incommode
hair shirt
tiresomeness
inopportuneness
bitter pill
extent
border
perimeter
boundary
crippling
hindering
foundering
collapse
snookering
baffling
put out
stroke of bad luck
bilboes
tethers
trammels
ropes
restraints
tops
line of demarcation
cutoff point
margin
confine
cut-off point
upper limit
line
nonfulfillment
scuppering
nonfulfilment
contravention
unfulfillment
staying
restraining
stalling
anticipatory measure
involvement
lease
chit
indebtment
loan
bite
pledge
balance
arrear
possibility
due
contingency
remainder
contract
damage
mortgage
jinx
tab
IOU
account
nonsuccess
lack of success
non-success
bracelets
gyves
darbies
disaster area
interval
hiatus
interlude
millstone round one's neck
gap
pause
leg irons
interstice
parenthesis
interregnum
intermission
hiccough
discontinuity
interim
intrusion
disconnection
recess
severance
rupture
quiescence
abeyancy
division
doldrums
lacuna
break-off
rift
split
latency
dormancy
disuniting
blackout
separation
dissolution
letup
breach
Noun
A job or profession
occupation
work
job
trade
calling
employment
profession
position
post
business
vocation
career
craft
situation
game
office
activity
field
lay
line
province
racket
skill
day job
employ
grip
line of work
livelihood
métier
pursuit
way
affair
do
enterprise
grindstone
hang
lick
line of business
living
moonlight
nine-to-five
play
slot
task
thing
chosen work
daily grind
day gig
rat race
walk of life
what one is into
role
art
sphere
handicraft
lifework
function
undertaking
mission
specialty
speciality
purpose
niche
biz
engagement
concern
avocation
bag
gig
duty
life's work
metier
swindle
go
patronage
part
place
custom
walk
life work
billet
berth
service
field of expertise
capacity
line of country
line of employment
experience
expertise
skillset
competency
competence
responsibility
area
forte
assignment
appointment
domain
discipline
arena
department
realm
station
practice
circle
element
bailiwick
front
spot
sector
industry
labour
placement
labor
opening
jurisdiction
rank
interest
specialization
grind
venture
demesne
firmament
barony
fief
fiefdom
specialisation
means
class
posting
operation
stint
endeavor
connection
project
contract
zone
territory
specialism
endeavour
world
vacancy
terrain
purview
precinct
dominion
kingdom
scheme
orbit
subsistence
setup
status
area of interest
maintenance
hire
sphere of activity
sustenance
campaign
sphere of influence
income
handcraft
caste
keep
process
upkeep
nourishment
effort
exploit
travail
means of support
subject
funds
drudgery
opportunity
alimentation
support
source of income
exertion
scope
branch
long suit
turf
obligation
daily bread
toil
section
moil
strong suit
commitment
scene
pigeon
topic
field of work
charge
bread and butter
baby
compass
donkeywork
region
hard work
means of livelihood
source of revenue
elbow grease
area of activity
sphere of interest
designation
employment status
practise
handiwork
tier
chosen career
strong point
schtick
preserve
following
recruitment
hiring
environment
contracting
authority
job title
theme
pay
area of responsibility
administration
classification
incumbency
commercial enterprise
universe
being
existence
means of earning one's living
study
margin
confines
pale
bubble
sport
life
existing
animation
sustainment
area of knowledge
mob
gap
vacuum
act
proceeding
sphere of study
position of employment
salt
mode
sustentation
faculty
commission
chores
situation vacant
vacant position
job opportunity
exercise
servitude
involvement
focus
participation
use
rôle
brief
living wage
area of study
deed
action
means of earning a living
sweat
maneuver
doing
antic
manoeuvre
circumstances
resources
slog
application
standing
plan
level
pains
struggle
slaving
graft
toiling
diligence
gruntwork
value
drudge
fatigue
slavery
agenda
initiative
grade
yakka
donkey-work
programme
design
area of expertise
stratum
ranking
echelon
reaches
rung
order
footing
object of study
hobby
magnum opus
distinguishing feature
cup of tea
masterpiece
special project
object of attention
hard yakka
special
number
blood, sweat and tears
claim to fame
minor
piece de resistance
major
field of concentration
blood, swear, and tears
weakness
proposal
idea
degree
proposition
person's calling
state
estate
program
system
arrangement
blueprint
strategy
position in society
social class
conception
intention
deal
outline
game plan
feat
pet
aim
matter
master plan
road map
adventure
ground plan
plan of action
Verb
To move aside or to and fro in a sudden or quick manner
duck
sidestep
dart
swerve
body-swerve
bolt
dive
jink
juke
slalom
weave
zigzag
jump
leap
lunge
shift
shoot
skip
spring
veer
shirk
turn aside
wind
crisscross
dash
scurry
rush
meander
snake
move to side
duck around
tack
twist
work
thread
undulate
wiggle
squiggle
wander
criss-cross
twist and turn
corkscrew
weave your way
move in and out
tear
charge
career
fly
hurtle
race
run
speed
sprint
zoom
zip
barrel
scoot
belt
hare
hurry
bound
scuttle
streak
gallop
pelt
stampede
bomb
scamper
scramble
hie
whip
boogie
plunge
hasten
flash
hotfoot it
whisk
careen
whirl
bucket
course
zap
steam
clip
post
whizz
leg it
go hell for leather
blast
cut along
swoop
burn rubber
get the lead out
bundle
go like a bat out of hell
trot
blow
bowl
breeze
drive
blaze
chase
hustle
rocket
motor
cannonball
highball
hurl
ram
nip
haste
fleet
wheech
hightail it
buzz
step on it
get a move on
put on some speed
bustle
scud
jet
rustle
rip
step
travel
hump
crack on
barrel along
go like the clappers
plough
sweep
push
flit
go like lightning
break
plow
whiz
storm
pound
whoosh
wing
jog
scutter
scorch
hightail
launch oneself
throw oneself
go headlong
roll
surge
start
get cracking
hotfoot
make haste
move quickly
skite
double
march
lurch
lope
jogtrot
steamroller
railroad
blitz
buck
dogtrot
bowl along
spank along
rattle along
kite
cannon
propel
go like the wind
run fast
whistle
hop it
go like a bullet
outstrip
go fast
burn
lay rubber
pounce
startle
accelerate
move like greased lightning
move fast
quicken
press
dispatch
launch
pitch
skim
heave
spurt
float
thrust
sail
expedite
fling
fast-track
shake a leg
hurry up
get your skates on
step on gas
speed up
stir one's stumps
rush headlong
trip
boil
make it snappy
get on it
rush at
make a run for it
Verb
To evade or circumvent by cleverness or trickery
evade
avoid
duck
sidestep
elude
shirk
escape
shun
bypass
circumvent
skirt
eschew
shake
beat
scape
finesse
shortcut
parry
bilk
skive
funk
cut
tergiversate
juke
decline
tergiverse
get around
steer clear of
skirt round
get out of
duck-shove
cop out of
weasel out of
wriggle out of
skive off
shuffle out of
slide out of
back out of
give something a miss
pussyfoot around
find a way out of
short-circuit
get away from
skip
body-swerve
shrink from
stay away from
cheat
miss
go around
fight shy of
give a wide berth to
duck out of
run away from
shy from
keep clear of
outmanoeuvre
find a way round
outmaneuver
abandon
renounce
have nothing to do with
keep away from
ignore
quit
refrain from
keep one's distance from
shake off
fend off
dance around
pay no attention to
escape from
abstain from
get round
skip out on
turn your back on
give up
pull out of
forgo
neglect
renege
circumnavigate
foil
thwart
disregard
outflank
slip
stymie
prevent
burke
skulk
spurn
give the slip to
recoil from
shuffle off
pussyfoot
turn back on
forbear from
check
goldbrick
dispense with
desist from
take no notice of
hide from
stop
fake
malinger
avert
abstain
preclude
desist
resist
shy away from
restrain from
relinquish
forsake
slough off
give the slip
keep from
break the habit of
hold off
drop
leave off
kick
pack in
withhold from
refuse
do without
swear off
stay clear of
jack in
avoid dealing with
leapfrog
pass over
keep off
jouk
wriggle
stay shy of
balk at
keep at arm's length
outwit
snub
field
duck out of the way of
swerve away from
get out of the way of
brush off
overcome
deke
deflect
overlook
discount
have no part of
turn away from
ditch
fudge
weasel
defeat
cease
fence off
answer evasively
frustrate
discontinue
cold-shoulder
extricate oneself from
excuse
desert
rationalize
backpedal
welsh
revoke
withdraw
turn one's back on
baffle
baulk
break off
cut out
be oblivious to
pay no heed to
lay low from
pay no mind
unmind
unheed
turn a blind eye to
tune out
balk
call a halt to
swerve
end-run
call it a day
run away
abscond
elope
flee
get past
forget
put the move on
not attend
scrimshank
let slide
shirk from
cop out
back down
back out
back off
weasel out
get out
use pretext
have alibi
rationalise
find a way around
leave undone
play truant from
creep
skimp on
dog
bludge
fence
run off
fake out
lose sight of
not attend to
bob off
be lax about
be remiss about
cut someone dead
give someone the brush-off
give someone the go-by
give the cold shoulder to
cut someone cold
knock off
shut eyes to
wuss out
baulk at
pay little attention to
halt
suspend
be absent from
blow off
lay off
pass up
finish
get off
belay
take fright
flinch from
turn tail
back off from
put a stop to
axe
rein in
can
check out from
give over
pack up
lie down on job
ax
put an end to
kibosh
call it quits on
surcease from
sham
nip something in the bud
break up
wink at
blink at
take back road
depart from
deviate from
go around the barn
loaf
chicken out of
stay away
forbear
steer clear
withstand
feign illness
fake illness
ward off
help
neutralise
abjure
forswear
repudiate
sacrifice
reject
disavow
hinder
interfere with
head off
stave off
negate
make up for
nullify
obviate
neutralize
block
impede
counterbalance
prohibit
arrest
counteract
anticipate
deny
disclaim
disdain
abnegate
abdicate
be AWOL
put it on
pretend to be ill
take a sickie
swing the lead
play hooky
pretend to be an invalid
bunk off
refrain
gainsay
shy
disaffirm
deny yourself
renege on
not touch
let well enough alone
have no truck with
Verb
To keep or stay away from someone or something
elude
evade
escape
avoid
shake
lose
slip
shake off
leave behind
give the slip
steer clear of
fend off
run away from
break away from
stay away from
slip through the net of
give someone a wide berth
get away from
shirk
escape from
duck
throw off the scent
flee
skirt
scape
get rid of
outdistance
outstrip
finesse
bilk
ditch
throw off
get around
sidestep
shun
get shot of
circumvent
eschew
outrun
give the slip to
body-swerve
slip away from
shuffle out of
weasel out of
rid oneself of
shuck
shy
fly
run from
stay shy of
give the runaround
throw someone off
shake someone off
miss
bypass
cheat
clear
outpace
trick
rid
get ahead of
sneak away from
balk
baulk
baffle
get clear of
get free from
keep out of the way of
give a wide berth
keep at arm's length
end-run
slip out
sneak away
escape the clutches of
keep distance
lead on a merry chase
frustrate
foil
double
outwit
thwart
get away
run around
give somebody the slip
slip through someone's fingers
be beyond someone
slip through the net
overtake
leave standing
pass
gain on
draw away from
get further ahead of
overhaul
run faster than
widen the gap between oneself and someone else
put distance between oneself and someone else
slip through somebody's fingers
unburden
drop
remove
dislodge
abuse
deceive
go faster than
outdo
beat
outperform
walk away from
widen the gap
put distance between
Verb
To avoid providing a clear answer or statement
hedge
equivocate
prevaricate
tergiversate
fudge
pussyfoot
vacillate
flannel
waffle
quibble
evade
sidestep
weasel
duck
stall
avoid
temporise
temporize
stonewall
tergiverse
hesitate
shuck
shilly-shally
be evasive
be non-committal
dodge the issue
parry questions
evade the issue
fudge the issue
hum and haw
pussyfoot around
sidestep the issue
beat about the bush
be vague
duck the question
sit on the fence
cop out
hem and haw
flip-flop
be noncommittal
blow hot and cold
beat around the bush
be indecisive
shuffle around
cop a plea
pass the buck
give the run around
hedge one's bets
mince one's words
fence
shuffle
cavil
beg the question
parry
palter
falsify
gloss over
duck the issue
lie
dismiss
pass over
skirt
elude
eschew
circumvent
be ambiguous
bypass
misrepresent
fib
shift
shirk
jive
con
balk
mince words
get out of
skim over
baulk
stall for time
put off
skate over
fail to deal with
skirt around
fake
feint
baffle
maneuver
foil
contest
outwit
manoeuvre
waver
deceive
shift ground about
fabricate
escape
adumbrate
double-talk
fight off
invent
distort
dither
misstate
exaggerate
dissemble
garble
misspeak
belie
shuffle about
pass on
relay
slide out of
run around
cover up
straddle the fence
phony up
put on
stretch the truth
avoid the issue
tell white lie
give run around
cloud the issue
give a false colour to
fend off
skirt round
avoid answering
be equivocal about
be evasive about
quibble about
not pay
not give a straight answer to
cop out of
beat around bush
find a way round
beat about the bush about
welsh
renege
flee
get around
sneak away
tap dance
lay low
slip out
give the runaround
dance around an issue
worm one's way out of
procrastinate
delay
tarry
hang back
gain time
use delaying tactics
play for time
hold back
hang fire
filibuster
defer
kick the can down the road
ramble
fluctuate
swither
falter
haver
dilly-dally
skirt the issue
play it close to the vest
change
yo-yo
give nothing away
play a waiting game
avoid committing oneself
play one's cards close to one's chest
dodge the question
straddle an issue
blather
blandish
blarney
beguile
use Fabian tactics
avoid making a decision
take your time
change one's mind
use flattery
talk blarney
butter up
fast-talk
postpone
divert
distract
take one's time
hold over
drag one's feet
buy time
Verb
To suddenly spring or flinch back in fear, horror, or disgust
recoil
flinch
shrink
blench
cringe
wince
quail
start
shy
cower
squinch
falter
waver
shudder
duck
shirk
demur
swerve
balk
quake
tremble
baulk
react
reel
draw back
pull back
jump back
shrink back
blanch
shy away
crouch
flinch from
recoil from
get cold feet
grimace
squirm
jib
gasp
jump
scowl
turn
pull a face
shrink away
back off
make a face
evade
avoid
eschew
shun
escape
elude
back away
hang back
jib at
baulk at
turn away
quail at
fight shy of
boggle at
retreat
grovel
jerk
withdraw
jolt
fall back
quiver
take fright
shake
shiver
twitch
buck
refuse
show fear
hesitate
faint
droop
hide
have cold feet
quaver
rear
shake with fear
startle
bolt
huddle
boggle
scruple
spring back
retire
start back
jerk back
slink
shy at
stop short
stop at
pull up
retreat from
stop short at
rebel
shrink from
feel repugnance
show repugnance
pull back from
shy away from
Verb
To fail to fulfill an obligation or payment
default
backslide
backtrack
bilk
evade
rat
renege
welsh
levant
neglect
welch
defraud
dishonour
dishonor
duck
fail
repudiate
shirk
skate
skip
stiff
swindle
back out
fall behind
not pay
fail to honour
fail to pay
duck out
go into arrears
leave town
let lapse
meet under arch
run out on
skip out on
put on the cuff
see in the alley
break one's word
Verb
To swindle someone by not paying a debt, especially a gambling debt
welsh
bamboozle
bilk
cheat
con
deceive
defraud
duck
dupe
fleece
flimflam
fool
gull
hoodwink
sandbag
scam
shaft
stiff
sting
trick
weasel
beat around the bush
cop out
pull a fast one
rip off
slip out
take for a ride
take to the cleaners
worm one's way out of
Verb
(fend off) To defend against or keep away
fend
prevent
block
check
curb
forestall
halt
oppose
repel
repulse
resist
arrest
avert
bulwark
defend
deflect
divert
fence
foil
forfend
guard
intercept
stop
thwart
balk
baulk
discourage
escape
evade
parry
screen
cover
duck
keep
ward
head off
hold off
fend off
hold back
keep off
protect against
safeguard against
secure against
shield against
stave off
ward off
defend oneself against
fight off
guard against
skirt round
keep at bay
turn aside
keep at arm's length
put a stop to
stand up for
pre-empt
protect
safeguard
secure
shield
preserve
shelter
save
keep safe
look after
conserve
watch over
keep from harm
fortify
harbour
uphold
harbor
take care of
watch
house
assure
support
maintain
foster
care for
afford protection to
give sanctuary
ride shotgun
tend
mind
hedge
cushion
shade
garrison
insulate
inoculate
insure
ensure
stick up for
cover up
go to bat for
cover all bases
prohibit
police
patrol
make invulnerable
justify
champion
man
occupy
oversee
wrap
stand guard over
conceal
shotgun
chamber
stonewall
haven
roof
overlook
provide protection for
guide
rule
give shelter
give cover
take under one's wing
be responsible for
attend to
preside over
persevere with
have charge of
minister to
be in charge of
chaperon
sentinel
immunise
mount guard on
escort
stand guard on
cover up for
immunize
give refuge
stand guard
save from harm
take under wing
take someone under your wing
barricade
withstand
hold
beat off
provide sanctuary
take in
repel danger
be the defender of
hold at bay
supervise
keep an eye on
babysit
childmind
nurse
sit with
see to
take charge of
superintend
mother
safeguard from
shield from
protect from
keep from
overwatch
sustain
shepherd
provide for
nurture
rear
raise
salvage
retain
reclaim
retrieve
cherish
herd
administer to
tend to
rescue
keep in good condition
nanny
chaperone
enclose
surround
hide
supply with troops
keep intact
keep in repair
guard in transit
cover for
provide safety
fight for
manage
run
handle
administrate
guarantee
govern
operate
control
indemnify
regulate
direct
steward
till
conduct
warrant
underwrite
attend
cinch
ice
guaranty
keep tabs on
register
Verb
To play truant
truant
skive
desert
ditch
mitch
wag
absent yourself
be absent
bunk off
malinger
mooch
play truant
shirk
goof off
mitch off
play hookey
run away
skive off
bag it
bob off
go missing
hook Jack
not go to school
play the wag
stay away from school
be AWOL
hop the wag
play hooky
play the hop
miss school
bunk
cut
skip classes
cut class
bump off
skip class
miss
scrimshank
skip
skulk
goldbrick
avoid work
blow off
dodge the column
swing the lead
evade one's duty
sham
fake illness
feign illness
pretend to be ill
put it on
pretend to be an invalid
slack
bludge
idle
be negligent
gold-brick
be remiss
duck
evade
shun
loaf
sidestep
fake
take a sickie
Verb
To be liberated or freed from (something)
lam
abscond
flee
fly
escape
avoid
blow
bolt
circumvent
decamp
depart
desert
disappear
double
duck
elope
elude
emerge
evade
leave
pass
run
run away
run off
shun
skip
slip
vanish
clear out
get out
bail out
break out
break out of
burst out
cut loose
duck out
get away
get off
go scot-free
make getaway
make off
play hooky
slip away
steal away
take flight
wriggle out
cut and run
fly the coop
get away with
make a getaway
make oneself scarce
run out on
take a powder
work out of
give the slip
take on the lam
take it on the lam
scram
vamoose
egress
split
begone
skedaddle
vacate
go
shirk
hightail
retreat
exit
evacuate
quit
alight
kite
withdraw
buzz off
bug off
be off
go away
beat it
extricate oneself
make tracks
take off
free oneself
take a hike
scarper
make a break for it
run for it
beat a retreat
beat a hasty retreat
make a run for it
head for the hills
do a disappearing act
do a runner
do a bunk
show a clean pair of heels
clear off
hook it
leg it
bug out
cut out
light out
break free
take to one's heels
hightail it
skidoo
make a quick exit
levant
go through
peel out
break
shoot through
get
take French leave
make one's getaway
go on the lam
sneak away
do a vanishing act
do a moonlight flit
skip out
absent oneself
pull out
do a Skase
make your getaway
bust
make
make good one's escape
make a escape
get out of someone's clutches
get free
break loose
break away from
slip through your fingers
skip off
hide
clear
make your escape
be gone
take to your heels
hasten away
turn tail
run from
separate
leave hastily
escape from
run away from
leave abruptly
have it away
disentangle yourself
break away
break with
have it away on one's toes
go off
retire
push off
bail
part
move
scoot
range
cruise
say one's goodbyes
take leave
push on
pack off
abstract oneself
dig out
up sticks
start out
set off
get going
set out
step along
shove off
pack one's bags
book
sling one's hook
hit the road
make an exit
be on one's way
peel off
sally forth
wend
slope off
make a move
walk out
mosey
walk off
make for
pike off
move out
make one's way
pack up
pike out
get lost
run along
jump ship
go south
make a quick getaway
dog it
make a break
depart secretly
go AWOL
make scarce
Verb
To procrastinate or be lazy, especially with work or responsibilities
slack
idle
shirk
flag
neglect
relax
skive
bludge
doss
be inactive
be indolent
waste time
be lazy
bob off
goof off
take it easy
bunk off
lounge about
slack off
sit back and do nothing
lounge
laze
loaf
bum
loiter
goldbrick
loll
dawdle
lazy
dally
vegetate
chill
dillydally
footle
drone
hang about
kick back
veg out
kick around
hack around
hang around
hang out
malinger
lounge around
kill time
do nothing
bum around
hang round
sit around
fritter away
fool around
slow down
lie
slouch
stall
trifle
bask
laze around
loaf about
loll about
loll around
loaf around
lie around
be slothful
fritter away time
knock around
mooch around
stand around
be unoccupied
not lift a finger
while away hours
pass time
mooch about
mark time
twiddle thumbs
unwind
daydream
veg
creep
flop
slump
sprawl
lie about
languish
piddle around
fool away
piddle about
while away the hours
stagnate
lie down on job
recline
rest
fritter
while
repose
sit
degenerate
slummock
moulder
potter
lollygag
lean
luxuriate
molder
stretch oneself
outspan
drape oneself
fanny about
bat back and forth
lay on one's oars
slouch about
bat about
slouch around
kick one's heels
sit back
go to seed
rest on one's oars
while away
laze about
bat around
kick your heels
slacken
hang loose
lie back
lean back
scrimshank
skulk
wag
gold-brick
be remiss
be negligent
skive off
play truant
play hookey
dodge the column
swing the lead
play the wag
evade one's duty
drift
mooch
saunter
stroll
piddle
evade
dream
shirk one's duties
take things easy
let down
while away the time
be idle
dilly-dally
linger
mope
tarry
putter
delay
mess around
lag
horse around
drag
diddle
crawl
procrastinate
poke
lallygag
shilly-shally
fiddle around
goof around
wait
moon
bat
potter around
futz
twiddle your thumbs
put off
mess about
drag your feet
trail
amble
fiddle
droop
straggle
stay
vacillate
decline
plod
dither
stooge
pause
come to a halt
fiddle about
act the fool
play around
grind to a halt
muck about
clown
take your time
get no place fast
do nothing much
deteriorate
fribble
wander
doodle
stand still
decay
play
fool about
fritter time away
hesitate
hibernate
hover
be slow
shuffle
stagger
putter around
monkey around
falter
potter about
hang fire
fall behind
while away time
be inert
potter round
beat the meat
pass the time
idle away time
fill in time
not keep pace
sit on one's hands
consume time
idle away the hours
amuse oneself
chill out
lie dormant
drag one's feet
take one's time
spin one's wheels
fart around
lag behind
exist
weaken
hang
meander
remain
haunt
frequent
make yourself at home
go to pot
do nothing in particular
chillax
twiddle
lark
twiddle one's thumbs
be long
be tardy
be dilatory
stooge around
mosey
shamble
ramble
halt
go slowly
slough
dabble
lurk
traipse
temporize
stonewall
take a breather
put your feet up
take five
take a break
puddle
mosey around
temporise
totter
filibuster
put off doing something
stay put
use delaying tactics
let the grass grow under one's feet
hang on
play for time
play a waiting game
hold back
be indecisive
wait around
hum and haw
buy time
futz around
rust
rot
fall
fester
trammel
become stagnant
stultify
constipate
be sluggish
stifle
hang back
fall back
decrease
drop
fail
diminish
lie fallow
not move
go stale
go bad
go rancid
go off
wane
trail behind
drag behind
ebb
slow
retard
tail
inch
hobble
trudge
tool
move slowly
limp
jelly
toddle
diddle-daddle
bring up the rear
fall off
inch along
drop behind
be behind
drop back
slow up
shlep along
scrounge around
lose strength
warm a chair
sit on one's butt
Verb
Retrace one's steps
double back
backtrack
reverse
backpedal
return
circle
loop
turn
turn back
back up
retrace your steps
reverse path
Verb
Fail to act resolutely or decisively
shilly-shally
dither
falter
hesitate
vacillate
waver
teeter
fluctuate
balance
be irresolute
dilly-dally
halt
haver
oscillate
scruple
stagger
wabble
wobble
be indecisive
be uncertain
be undecided
be unsure
swither
be doubtful
hang back
procrastinate
stall
trifle
blow hot and cold
hang about
hang around
hum and haw
mess around
waste time
hem and haw
sit on the fence
um and ah
delay
pause
pussyfoot around
yo-yo
dawdle
shillyshally
equivocate
dally
temporize
think twice
sway
temporise
faff about
be ambivalent
mess about
hover
be in two minds
linger
chop and change
faff around
run hot and cold
hedge
be hesitant
tarry
tergiversate
alternate
demur
get cold feet
be unable to make up your mind
hold off
change one's mind
see-saw
change
waffle
seesaw
tremble
dillydally
reel
boggle
swing
vary
deliberate
wait
doubt
be unable to decide
keep changing your mind
defer
play a waiting game
drag your heels
loiter
hold back
lag
drag your feet
shy away
hang fire
go from one extreme to the other
wobble about
flip-flop
prevaricate
be on the fence
will and will not
tumble
keep changing one's mind
be on the horns of a dilemma
bobble
lurch
roll
quaver
flicker
quiver
palter
trim
shudder
straggle
stay back
shrink back
stay in the background
be reluctant to come forward
whiffle waffle
potter
kill time
move slowly
mark time
let the grass grow under one's feet
while away time
pussyfoot
stumble
stop
balk
flounder
ponder
hang
mammer
think about
baulk
debate
be reluctant
be unwilling
weigh
pull back
sit on fence
fence-straddle
rock
whiffle
straddle
change mind
be tentative
have doubts
be divided
put off
play for time
drag
adjourn
suspend action
prolong
kick the can down the road
let slide
retard
cool
goldbrick
stay
put off doing something
use delaying tactics
drag one's heels
postpone action
be dilatory
poke
defer action
postpone
protract
drag one's feet
take a raincheck
harbour reservations about
lack conviction
harbour suspicions about
have hesitations about
be sceptical
feel uncertain
have suspicions about
think something unlikely
fluctuate on
wonder about
express suspicions about
have doubts about
have one's doubts about
have reservations about
feel uneasy about
be dubious
express reservations about
entertain doubts about
Verb
To make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements
lurch
reel
stagger
totter
stumble
sway
weave
flounder
roll
careen
dodder
falter
slip
teeter
waddle
wobble
blunder
bumble
duck
heave
jerk
lean
slide
swing
tilt
wallow
yaw
move clumsily
move to the side
shamble
shuffle
lumber
limp
plod
trudge
waver
flog
hobble
struggle
toddle
rock
pitch
shake
tremble
sprauchle
clump
scuff
quiver
stump
tramp
walk unsteadily
galumph
stamp
stomp
topple
slough
scuffle
tromp
barge
slog
lump
pound
quake
shudder
muddle
zigzag
wheel
titubate
seesaw
doddle
hesitate
wiggle
oscillate
wabble
hirple
balance
shift
trundle
fumble
quaver
walk haltingly
halt
walk with difficulty
straggle
shilly-shally
judder
vibrate
blunder about
patter
duckwalk
waggle
pivot
stot
trip
shimmy
trail
pad
slouch
drag one's feet
flutter
dangle
hover
swerve
fall
shiver
wind
bob
grope
confuse
misjudge
tremble precariously
walk like a duck
vary
rotate
whiffle
feel giddy
go around
move awkwardly
grope one's way
feel one's way
move falteringly
lose your balance
hop
walk unevenly
move unsteadily
hitch
walk lamely
walk falteringly
walk with a limp
stroll
thump
amble
creep
traipse
mope
wander
ramble
loll
mosey
saunter
loaf
bang
thud
walk heavily
traik
drift
crawl
skulk
drag
change
walk clumsily
loiter
walk
drag your feet
go slowly
scuff one's feet
pause
slither
glissade
delay
stall
vacillate
slick
skid
skate
fluctuate
haver
yo-yo
move
dilly-dally
tumble
tergiversate
think twice
bobble
hang back
change one's mind
be irresolute
pussyfoot around
get cold feet
sit on the fence
blow hot and cold
dither
scruple
be indecisive
hum and haw
be undecided
smooth along
Verb
To frustrate or prevent (someone) from achieving an aim
foil
frustrate
thwart
counter
disappoint
check
stop
defeat
hamper
hinder
baffle
balk
baulk
dash
impede
obstruct
oppose
prevent
block
checkmate
cripple
derail
scotch
smash
snooker
stymie
beat
circumvent
discomfit
elude
nobble
outwit
scupper
nullify
queer
root
traverse
bilk
bollix
buffalo
crab
cramp
crimp
curb
disconcert
ditch
do for
duck
faze
halt
juke
mess up
promote
rattle
restrain
screw up
shake
skip
put paid to
foul up
hang up
shake off
shuffle off
give the run-around
give the slip
put the mockers on
run circles around
run rings around
halt in its tracks
throw monkey wrench in
upset the apple cart
nip in the bud
put a spoke in someone's wheel
throw a spanner in the works
throw a monkey wrench in the works
forestall
inhibit
ruin
hold back
bar
spoil
hold up
trammel
arrest
interfere with
put a stop to
fetter
put the kibosh on
retard
avert
head off
restrict
encumber
hamstring
stave off
hobble
stand in the way of
handicap
delay
shackle
deter
wreck
ward off
disrupt
cumber
avoid
stall
counteract
undo
destroy
upset
interrupt
confound
obviate
handcuff
repress
throw a spanner in the works of
put an end to
slow down
fend off
intercept
clog
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
hog-tie
prohibit
escape
stonewall
sabotage
preclude
evade
quash
manacle
embarrass
suppress
shut out
stump
constrain
short-circuit
neutralize
tie up
cramp one's style
deflect
neutralise
overturn
damage
devastate
undermine
hold off
impair
louse up
debar
mar
forfend
shatter
put the stopper on
get in the way of
get in the way
defend against
sidestep
confuse
set back
skirt
resist
cross
subvert
put a brake on
stifle
bridle
threaten
dish
demolish
limit
discourage
take down
injure
slow
divert
interdict
steer clear of
bork
pre-empt
interfere
bypass
turn aside
overcome
entangle
annul
mystify
cut off
harm
rule out
crush
blight
puzzle
throw
curtail
flummox
smother
nonplus
take wind out of
repel
scuttle
parry
repulse
chill
blow
torpedo
botch
anticipate
help
brake
upset one's apple cart
withhold
forbid
reduce
choke
bind
debilitate
put the lid on
ward
be a hindrance to
defy
circumnavigate
shut off
terminate
eradicate
perplex
attack
bewilder
withstand
negate
get out of
break
snafu
obliterate
extinguish
prejudice
cancel
disable
annihilate
conquer
affect
dampen
weaken
influence
abolish
corner
suspend
discontinue
decimate
stay
shun
invalidate
offset
be beyond
keep lid on
banjax
hurt
challenge
skin
clobber
squelch
contravene
discombobulate
eschew
remit
pause
muck up
save
play off
cook someone's goose
cancel out
preempt
inconvenience
fox
shelve
gravel
maze
bottleneck
spike someone's guns
keep
compromise
intermit
queer someone's pitch
put at risk
disturb
second-guess
floor
hold
wilder
obfuscate
sap
bamboozle
play havoc with
work against
outmanoeuvre
dumbfound
give the run around
be detrimental to
rein in
outmaneuver
shirk
obscure
destabilize
choke off
get ahead of
get in before
cool
chain
diminish
put a damper on
be disadvantageous to
dam
provide against
steal a march on
pick off
get around
put off
sandbag
keep back
hold in
hold down
drag one's feet
blow a hole in
stem the flow of
throw cold water on
close off
beat someone to the draw
keep at bay
beat someone to the punch
bring to naught
pour cold water on
beat someone to it
give a hard time
keep off
shut down
destabilise
countermove
worst
buck
finish something
finish off
subdue
crash
unsettle
act against
throw a curve
sink
stultify
miss
blast
vanquish
triumph
gain
bring to a close
make an end of
surpass
spike
hit
freeze
burden
muzzle
squash
poison
damp
dissuade
bring an end to
inc
stave
cork
leash
tie
forefend
bring to an end
let
endanger
commandeer
blank
counterplot
bury
exceed
postpone
euchre
nix
saddle with
bit
taboo
outlaw
enjoin
disadvise
scare
detain
retardate
cheat
weigh down
jeopardize
imperil
desist
cease
defer
protract
tie one's hands
put the brakes on
take out of play
cruel
wreak havoc on
box in
throw a spoke in the wheel of
put on brakes
put an stop to
keep in
prorogue
be early
put the damper on
pigeonhole
dead-end
beggar
get the better of
confront
turn off
be one step ahead of
beat somebody to it
act in advance of
prepare for
head off at pass
cloud
bodge
topple
confine
prolong
talk out of
act like a wet blanket
slow up
crool
jeopardise
keep from happening
cause setback
beat down
hang fire
take wind out of sails
put end to
lick
bog down
wreak havoc with
bulwark
fence
defend
guard
shunt
look away
shove aside
turn
turn from
veer
be prejudicial to
burst one's bubble
put back
back off
hold off on
bring to screeching halt
make late
hold over
put on hold
make a mess of
render ineffective
tamper
screen
trouble
discommode
jam
incommode
conflict
put on back burner
be deleterious to
dash one's hope
upset the applecart
wrack
have
impoverish
raze
craze
overthrow
unbuild
overreach
vitiate
outfox
abate
outsmart
cover
fend
shortcut
throw a monkey wrench into
minimize
undercut
detract
belittle
lessen
chip away
minimise
demean
dispatch
balls up
count
inspire
work
weigh
incapacitate
ravage
outflank
bemuse
bring down
make waves
control
end
eliminate
rain on someone's parade
shield against
safeguard against
secure against
stand up for
defend oneself against
fight off
guard against
protect against
keep at arm's length
skirt round
stem
render null and void
preoccupy
monopolize
foresee
predict