verb

1. To get away from by cunning; to avoid by dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to elude; to cleverly escape from

   “He evaded his opponent's blows.”

2. To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.

3. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

Synonyms: dodge, end-run, equivocate, give someone the runaround, give the go-by, shuffle, sidestep