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give the runaround

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outflank collapse: go around the flank of (an opposing army)

outguess collapse

shunning collapse

go one better collapse

elusion collapse

runaround collapse

pull a fast one collapse

stonewall collapse: engage in delaying tactics or refuse to cooperate; "The President stonewalled when he realized the plot was being uncovered by a journalist"; obstruct or hinder any discussion; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls"

outsmart collapse

get the better of collapse: win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"

outwit collapse: beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

elude collapse: escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"; be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

pass the buck collapse

outreach collapse: the act of reaching out; "the outreach toward truth of the human spirit"

get around collapse: move around; move from place to place; "How does she get around without a car?"

outmaneuver collapse: defeat by more skillful maneuvering; "The English troops outmaneuvered the Germans"; "My new supervisor knows how to outmaneuver the boss in most situations"

phonate collapse

deceive collapse: cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"; be false to; be dishonest with

victimize collapse: punish unjustly; deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"; make a victim of; "I was victimized by this con-man"

overreach collapse: fail by aiming too high or trying too hard

give in collapse

verbalize collapse: convert into a verb; "many English nouns have become verbalized"; be verbose; "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious"

frustrate collapse

chew out collapse

cuss out collapse

make possible collapse: make accessible; "This answer opens the door to new objections"

bawl out collapse

thwarting collapse

vouchsafe collapse: grant in a condescending manner

fling off collapse

dedicate collapse: set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church; inscribe or address by way of compliment; "She dedicated her book to her parents"; open to public use, as of a highway, park, or building; "The Beauty Queen spends her time dedicating parks and nursing homes"

give ground collapse

acquaint collapse: inform; "Please acquaint your colleagues of your plans to move"

take a crack at collapse

break the news collapse

circumvent collapse

say the word collapse

give the word collapse

come back at collapse

jack up collapse

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