elude
verb
[ ɪˈl(j)uːd ]
• escape from or avoid (a danger, enemy, or pursuer), typically in a skilful or cunning way.
• "he tried to elude the security men by sneaking through a back door"
Similar:
evade,
avoid,
get away from,
dodge,
flee,
escape (from),
run (away) from,
lose,
duck,
shake off,
give the slip to,
slip away from,
throw off the scent,
slip through someone's fingers,
slip through the net,
circumvent,
bilk,
Opposite:
be caught by,
• (of an achievement or something desired) fail to be attained by (someone).
• "sleep still eluded her"
Origin:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘delude, baffle’): from Latin eludere, from e- (variant of ex- ) ‘out, away from’ + ludere ‘to play’.
