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[ verb ] escape, either physically or mentally
Examples "The thief eluded the police" "This difficult idea seems to evade her" "The event evades explanation" Used in print (Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)Billy_Gardner 's line_double , which just eluded the diving Minnie_Minoso in left_field , drove_in Jim_Lemon with the winning run with two out in the last of the ninth to give the Minnesota_Twins a 6 - 5 victory over the Chicago_White_Sox Monday . (Whit Masterson, Evil Come, Evil Go....)They succeeded in eluding the curious at the hotel , but there was no chance of avoiding them at the nightclub . |
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[ verb ] be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by
Synonyms Examples "What you are seeing in him eludes me" Used in print (S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)What you were looking_for ( unless you make a hobby of collecting old tennis_rackets and fly screens ) eludes me , but to judge from phonograph_records scattered about a fumed_oak Victrola , you danced two tangos and a paso_doble , which must have been fairly enervating in that milieu . |
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[ verb ] avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Examples "He dodged the issue" "she skirted the problem" "They tend to evade their responsibilities" "he evaded the questions skillfully" Related terms |
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