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Past tense for to avoid providing a clear answer or statement
equivocated prevaricated pussyfooted vacillated fenced fudged dodged hedged waffled weaseled weaselled beat about the bush beaten about the bush flanneled flannelled stalled shilly-shallied hummed and hawed dodged the issue quibbled parried questions evaded evaded the issue beaten around the bush sidestepped fudged the issue pussyfooted around ducked the question hesitated sat on the fence paltered temporized avoided temporised stonewalled ducked hemmed and hawed put off sidestepped the issue minced words ducked the issue shuffled cavilled caviled parried falsified stalled for time copped out begged the question lied fibbed shifted jived conned misrepresented shucked shuffled about flip-flopped put on balked baulked copped a plea passed the buck blew hot and cold blown hot and cold wavered rambled procrastinated delayed deceived fabricated eluded adumbrated escaped eschewed skirted played for time invented dissembled belied dithered distorted exaggerated misstated garbled faked blathered deferred tarried run around straddled the fence covered up blarneyed beguiled blandished hung back gained time told white lie clouded the issue stretched the truth shifted ground about contested foiled baffled maneuvered outwitted manoeuvred feinted shirked bypassed circumvented avoided committing oneself used delaying tactics played a waiting game avoided the issue avoided making a decision used Fabian tactics fought off skirted the issue quibbled about shuffled around copped out of found a way round played it close to the vest used flattery talked blarney fast-talked avoided answering beat around bush skirted round beat about the bush about hedged your bets fended off kicked the can down the road buttered up misspoke misspoken ran around given run around gave run around took your time taken your time given a false colour to gave a false colour to gave the run around given the run around beaten about the bush about beaten around bush got out of gotten out of fluctuated havered faltered swithered dilly-dallied yo-yoed changed glossed over dodged the question played your cards close to your chest straddled an issue changed mind gave nothing away given nothing away

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Past tense for to pause in indecision before doing something
hesitated wavered vacillated dithered faltered delayed stalled fluctuated teetered havered staggered paused swithered wobbled oscillated halted scrupled dawdled equivocated temporised temporized dallied wabbled lingered waited hedged alternated demurred dillydallied hovered seesawed pussyfooted stumbled deferred deliberated doubted stopped baulked balked boggled floundered debated hung hanged mammered pondered weighed shilly-shallied dilly-dallied hummed and hawed hung back thought twice held back hemmed and hawed shied away held off pulled back thought about sat on fence yo-yoed trembled swayed balanced pussyfooted around sat on the fence flickered varied quivered shuddered waffled trimmed changed paltered tumbled got cold feet gotten cold feet bobbled rolled quavered lurched reeled whiffled waffled run hot and cold blew hot and cold blown hot and cold changed mind ran hot and cold tottered swung rocked procrastinated had doubts chopped and changed had misgivings doubted yourself doubted oneself doddered swang swungen dragged your heels tarried careened waddled faffed about wasted time veered weaved kept changing your mind flip-flopped prevaricated teeter-tottered trifled pitched shaken shook toddled shambled hobbled wiggled lagged faffed around walked unsteadily loitered put off hung fire put off doing something messed about went from one extreme to the other dragged your feet let slide played a waiting game gone from one extreme to the other wobbled about woven wove whiffled fence-straddled straddled plodded shuffled lumbered dodged shimmied straggled shivered quoke quaked limped blundered trudged swerved jibbed refused shied mumbled pottered bumbled rotated protracted retarded postponed adjourned prolonged titubated bobbed winded wound hung about messed around hung around felt uncertain wondered about expressed reservations expressed misgivings expressed reluctance cooled goldbricked poked pivoted stuttered hirpled stotted stammered interchanged interspersed altered struggled dragged stayed drug ummed and ahed lacked conviction thought something unlikely toppled sputtered dangled walked haltingly moved falteringly fluttered moved unsteadily felt giddy wallowed had reservations about acted in sequence tripped over your tongue whiled away time expressed reservations about had doubts about had hesitations about dragged one's feet entertained doubts about fluctuated on had suspicions about felt uneasy about shifted marked time moved slowly stumbled over your words suspended action stayed in the background worked in sequence beaten around the bush kicked the can down the road expressed suspicions about occurred in turn flogged postponed action filled in for relieved deferred action shrunk back harboured suspicions about harboured reservations about stayed back killed time moved between occurred in rotation substituted walked with difficulty played for time used delaying tactics fumbled for words moved clumsily trembled precariously followed one another followed followed in turn blundered about taken a raincheck took a raincheck shrunken back shrank back waited and saw waited and seen took turns taken turns went up and down gone up and down gone around went around taken it in turns took it in turns acted reciprocally come and gone came and went broke broken brake spoken haltingly spoken falteringly spoke falteringly spoke haltingly

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Past tense for to evade or circumvent by cleverness or trickery
dodged evaded avoided ducked sidestepped eluded shirked escaped shunned bypassed circumvented skirted eschewed shook shaken beat beaten scaped finessed shortcutted parried bilked skived funked cut juked declined got around gotten around steered clear of skirted round got out of gotten out of copped out of weaseled out of weaselled out of wriggled out of skived off shuffled out of slid out of backed out of gave something a miss given something a miss pussyfooted around found a way out of short-circuited got away from gotten away from brushed off overlooked discounted ignored neglected disregarded shied from danced around run away from dispensed with turned a blind eye to paid no attention to paid no heed to unminded turned back on fended off laid low from kept one's distance from paid no mind unheeded tuned out turned your back on shirked from ducked out of ran away from gone around shook off given the slip to took no notice of shaken off taken no notice of gave the slip to went around skipped fought shy of missed had nothing to do with kept clear of cheated kept away from quit outmanoeuvred found a way round outmaneuvered let slide abandoned circumnavigated shut eyes to recoiled from given a wide berth to gave a wide berth to stayed away from shied away from forgot got round rejected reneged outflanked stymied shrank from shrunk from quitted burked snubbed skulked spurned shuffled off renounced pussyfooted cold-shouldered goldbricked deserted faked malingered left undone skimped on left alone kept at arm's length lost sight of sloughed off pulled out of paid little attention to put the move on cut dead cut someone cold overpassed winked at blinked at stayed clear of omitted let it go put it on let well enough alone turned one's back on slurred over passed over set aside let go brushed aside glossed over let pass turned a deaf ear to shrugged off looked the other way shut your eyes to weaselled forgotten forgat avoided dealing with outwitted foiled thwarted overcome excused backpedalled revoked backpedaled welshed fielded rationalized scrimshanked creeped played truant from dogged bludged fenced crept deked deflected shammed stayed shy of bobbed off fudged ditched weaseled slipped baulked at wussed out escaped from backed off answered evasively weaseled out had alibi backed down rationalised used pretext hacked copped out backed out fenced off loafed turned away from had no part of abjured flinched from turned tail run away hid from absconded eloped fled got past relinquished repudiated sacrificed disavowed swerved skipped out on disclaimed abstained abdicated dropped abnegated refrained from disdained kicked denied given the slip gave the slip found a way around forsook forsaken feigned illness faked illness disaffirmed shied refrained run off departed from deviated from dismissed misheeded whitewashed discarded contemned pretermitted deferred chickened out of overleaped failed to look after slighted had no truck with turned a blind eye depreciated looked through packed in elided connived reneged on not touched failed to notice kept one's distance played hooky laughed off failed to care for lived with not taken into account not troubled oneself pretended to be ill closed your eyes to procrastinated over postponed faked out paid no mind to thought little of swung the lead trifled with procrastinated excluded buried one's head in sand glozed over worked around overleapt turned blind eye failed to provide for pushed aside not cared failed to remember turned deaf ear papered over scanted left be underestimated jacked in not cared for made light of passed up bunked off pretended to be an invalid overcame withdrawn withdrew balked at gotten out weaselled out got out end-ran taken fright took fright ran away gotten past lain down on job lay down on job forswore forsworn forwent forgone ran off thrown to the winds threw to the winds took no notice taken no notice gainsaid took a sickie taken a sickie took back road taken back road gave the cold shoulder to given someone the go-by given the cold shoulder to gave someone the go-by given someone the brush-off gave someone the brush-off gave the cold shoulder given the cold shoulder gone around the barn went around the barn given up gave up abstained from swore off sworn off

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