| VERB | competition | circumvent, besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in | surround so as to force to give up |
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| competition | circumvent, outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat | beat through cleverness and wit | |
| communication | circumvent, hedge, fudge, evade, put off, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep | avoid / avoid or try to avoid / avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
| Sounds | ser.kahmveh'nt | |
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| Rhymes | accent ... vent: 69 rhymes with ehnt... | |
| Meaning | Surround so as to force to give up. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in | |
| Narrower | blockade, seal off | impose a blockade on |
| ebb | hem in fish with stakes and nets so as to prevent them from going back into the sea with the ebb | |
| Broader | attack, assail | launch an attack or assault on |
| Spanish | asediar, cercar, sitiar | |
| Catalan | assetjar | |
| Meaning | Beat through cleverness and wit. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat | |
| Broader | surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed, outdo, surmount, outperform | Be or do something to a greater degree |
| Similar to | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
| Spanish | burlar | |
| Meaning | avoid / avoid or try to avoid / avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | hedge, fudge, evade, put off, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep | |
| Narrower | beg | Dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted |
| quibble | Evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections | |
| Broader | avoid | Stay clear from |
| Spanish | eludir, esquivar, evadir, evitar, rehuir | |
| Catalan | defugir, eludir, esquivar, evadir, evitar | |
| Nouns | circumvention | the act of evading by going around |
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