Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). Synonyms:circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep."She skirted the problem" , "They tend to evade their responsibilities" , "He evaded the questions skillfully"
... all about it, Told me so I couldn't doubt it, How she danced, my grandma danced; long ago— How she held her pretty head, How her dainty skirt she spread, How she slowly leaned and ... — Graded Memory Selections • Various Read full book for free!
... feared this meeting, had prepared herself for it. But all she felt when it came was annoyance at the fact that he had caught her sitting on top of the corral fence, with little regard for dignity. It did not occur to her to jump down. She merely sat straight, smoothed down her skirt, and waited. ... — The Mysterious Rider • Zane Grey Read full book for free!
... the knots of her shoe-laces and the fastenings of her skirt, Janet turned toward her "perfectly horrid" oilcoat, which, as usual, had spent the night on the floor. As it would never come off till she had tortured her fingers on the edges of its big rusty buttons, she always parted from it on unpleasant terms, casting it from her; whereupon ... — The Wrong Woman • Charles D. Stewart Read full book for free!
... is absolutely not a tree of any kind to be seen. The only exception is in one or two bays or near the mouth of streams, where a stunted spruce growth is sometimes found in small patches. There are places where you may skirt the coast of Ungava Bay for a hundred miles and not see a shrub worthy the name of tree, even in ... — The Long Labrador Trail • Dillon Wallace Read full book for free!
... With a swish of pink gingham skirt a small, plump little girl came flying down the banister to land luckily on a red satin sofa cushion ... — Four Little Blossoms and Their Winter Fun • Mabel C. Hawley Read full book for free!
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