Elude

Verb

 * 1)  To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill.
 * 2)  To escape understanding of; to be incomprehensible to.
 * 3)  To shake off a pursuer; to give someone the slip.

Related terms
allude; delude; illude

Adverbs for Elude
cleverly; repeatedly; irritatingly; exasperatingly; continually; slyly; ingeniously;

Thesaurus
escape, eschew, evade, flee, flummox, fly, foil, frustrate, get around, get away from, get out of, get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, knock the chocks, nonplus, outfigure, outflank, outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pass the buck, perplex, puzzle, ruin, sabotage, scotch, shake, shake off, shuffle out of, shun, shy, skirt, spike, spoil, stonewall, stump, thwart, upset, victimize, avoid, baffle, balk, beg, bewilder, bilk, blast, brave, challenge, checkmate, circumvent, confound, confront, confuse, contravene, counter, counteract, countermand, counterwork, cross, dash, deceive, defeat, defy, destroy, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dish, disrupt, ditch, dodge, double, duck,

Etymology
From eludo:, from e:, short form of ex:, + ludo:.

Translations

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Verb
elude



Anagrams

 * edule