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Circumventing

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Circumventing"

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Word	Definition
evadeverb	(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
dodgeverb	(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
eludeverb	(transitive) To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
sidestepverb	(transitive, figurative) To avoid or dodge.
put offverb	(transitive) To postpone, especially through procrastination.
outfoxverb	(transitive) To beat (someone) in a competition of wits with superior cleverness or cunning; to outsmart.
outwitverb	(transitive) To get the better of; to outsmart, to beat in a competition of wits.
outsmartverb	(transitive) To beat in a competition of wits.
beleaguerverb	To vex, harass, or beset.
besiegeverb	(transitive) To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender, to lay siege to, beleaguer.
overreachverb	(ambitransitive) To reach above or beyond, especially to an excessive degree.
duckverb	(transitive) To quickly lower (the head or body), often in order to prevent it from being struck by something.
beatverb	(transitive) To hit; to strike.
surroundverb	(transitive) To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
parryverb	To avoid, deflect, or ward off (an attack, a blow, an argument, etc.).
hem inverb	To surround and enclose in a way that restricts movement.
skirtverb	To be on or form the border of.
hedgeverb	(transitive, finance) To offset the risk associated with.
fudgeverb	(transitive) To alter something from its true state, as to hide a flaw or uncertainty, deliberately but not necessarily dishonestly or immorally.
avoidingnoun	Avoidance.