evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt, parry, fudge, circumvent, dodge, elude, duck, put off - avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"

escape, miss - fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"

get away, get by, escape, get off, get out - escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"

bypass, get around, short-circuit, go around - avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"

stay off, keep off - refrain from entering or walking onto; "keep off the grass"; "stay off the premises"

shirk - avoid dealing with; "She shirks her duties"

shy away from - avoid having to deal with some unpleasant task; "I shy away from this task"

eschew, shun - avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of

foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid - keep from happening or arising; have the effect of preventing; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"

fiddle, shirk, shrink from, goldbrick - avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

desist, refrain, abstain - choose no to consume; "I abstain from alcohol"

strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law"

break - invalidate by judicial action; "The will was broken"

stet - printing: cancel, as of a correction or deletion