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Definition of eluding : of Elude

Synonyms:

miscue, pillowcase, parapraxis, sideslip, gaffe, cutting, shift, eschewing, eschewal, solecism, moorage, gaucherie, chemise, skid, strip, teddy, mooring, shimmy, avoidance, out, berth, slickness, slick, slip of paper, slip-up, pillow slip, slipperiness, evasion, elusion, trip, cop-out, faux pas, shaking, slip, case

averting, shrinking, declining, shunning, skipping, abstaining, avoiding, evading, shirking, sidestepping, escaping, dodging, recoiling, bypassing, circumventing, ducking

emigrating, breaking out, getting away

Usage examples:

• How would I write and see emblazoned upon paper, doomed, perhaps, frail as it is, to outlive me, thoughts that even yet are so intangible, that, like the butterflies that I used to run after when a child, they are constantly eluding my grasp, and as constantly brightening all the atmosphere around me. - "Mabel's Mistake", Ann S. Stephens.
• Before going into that city, they divided into smaller squads, and all but two succeeded in eluding guards, sentinels, and patrols, and passing into the town. - "Stories Of Georgia 1896", Joel Chandler Harris.
• There was no eluding their vigilance. - "The Captive in Patagonia", Benjamin Franklin Bourne.