OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 22943

evade

/ɪˈveɪd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dar esquinazo • evadir • soslayar
To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
He evaded his opponent's blows.
The robbers evaded the police.
evadir
To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
Evading from perils.
Unarmed they might / Have easily, as spirits evaded swift / By quick contraction or remove.
evadir
To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
The ministers of God are not to evade and take refuge any of these ... ways.