уви́ливать — meaning in English

English meaning

• dodge verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
• fudge noun A soft, very sweet candy made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
• prevaricate verb To deviate, transgress; to go astray (from).
• shirk verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
• squirm verb To twist and wriggle the body, like a worm or snake.
• weasel noun A small, slender carnivorous mammal with a long body and short legs, related to the stoat and ferret.

Senses

уви́ливать is used for these senses in English:

• cop out (idiomatic) To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
• dodge (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
• fudge (intransitive) To try to avoid giving a direct answer.
• get away with (colloquial, by extension) To avoid the consequences of doing something by an easier method.
• prevaricate (intransitive) To speak or act in a manner that is intentionally ambiguous or evasive; equivocate.
• squirm To evade a question, an interviewer etc.
• tergiversate (intransitive) To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to obfuscate in a deliberate manner.
• weasel (transitive, or, reflexive) To gain something for oneself by clever or devious means.

dodge — full definition

1. verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
2. verb To avoid dealing with a question, responsibility, or difficulty.
3. noun A trick or clever way of avoiding something, especially a duty or tax.

fudge — full definition

1. noun A soft, very sweet candy made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream.
2. verb To avoid giving a direct or honest answer.
3. verb To alter or manipulate figures or facts slightly, often to hide a problem.

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