elude

Meaning

To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.
To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.
To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind.

evade

steer clear of

get away from

prevaricate

escape from

sneak away

yield

endeavor not to meet

keep clear of

take flight

turn aside

be rescued from

be exempted

be relieved from pain

fall to seize

stay away from

squeak by

abstain from

squeak through

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈljuːd/

From Latin ēlūdō (“evade, elude”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + lūdō (“play; trick”).

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