circumvent

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verb

1. beat through cleverness and wit
- I beat the traffic
- She outfoxed her competitors
• Syn:
outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat
• Derivationally related forms:
beatable (for: beat)
• Hypernyms:
surpass, outstrip, outmatch, outgo, exceed,
outdo, surmount, outperform
• Verb Group:
beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. surround so as to force to give up
- The Turks besieged Vienna
• Syn:
besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in
• Derivationally related forms:
besieger (for: besiege)
• Hypernyms:
attack, assail
• Hyponyms:
blockade, seal off, ebb
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
• Syn:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, parry,
elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
• Derivationally related forms:
dodge (for: dodge), dodger (for: dodge), dodging (for: dodge), circumvention, evasion (for: evade), hedge (for: hedge), hedger (for: hedge), hedging (for: hedge)
• Hypernyms:
avoid
• Hyponyms:
beg, quibble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox, beat, besiege, beleaguer, surround, hem in