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eluding

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of eluding

the act or a means of getting or keeping away from something undesirable

the criminal's eluding of the police finally came to an end when he was caught trying to leave the country

Synonyms of eluding

avoidance, cop-out, dodging, ducking, elusion, escape, eschewal, eschewing, evasion, out, shaking, shunning

Words Related to eluding

bypassing, circumvention, runaround, sidestepping, skirting

averting, deflection, obviation, precluding, prevention

Near Antonyms of eluding

abidance, endurance, submission, toleration

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