circumvent, dodge, evade, avoid, deflect, stymie, skirted, ease, wriggle, squelch, outflank, ignore, defuse, downplay, overcome, negate, escape, obviate, insulate, distract, stave off, forestall, bypassing, quash, confound, thwart, undo, confuse, surmount, scuttle, alleviate, tamp down, prod, stifle, flummox, defy, outmaneuver, enmesh, allay, outfox, transcend, grapple, resist, avert, nullify, quell, elude, shrug, preempt, undercut, banish, trump, dispel, shirk, counteract, steer, neutralize, elide, minimize, obfuscate, defang, scupper, embroil, hamstrung, eliminate, deny, solve, untangle, smother, navigate, disentangle, overshadow, handle, bamboozle, erase, complicate, analogize, mitigate, usurp, eschew, entangle, shoehorn, frustrate, invoke, assuage, resolve, stem, preclude, subvert, derail, relieve, outmanoeuvre, ensnare, finessed, lessen, prevent, finagle, curry favor, decouple, exploit, diffuse, shield, pirouette, flick, flip, lunge, footwork, hug, jog, poke, somersault, twirl, canter, chop, curtsy, dive, feint, gallop, jab, jabs, jerk

avoid, step

circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, skirt