ускольза́ть — meaning in English

English meaning

• elude verb To avoid or escape someone or something, often through cleverness or luck.
• escape verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
• evade verb To cleverly avoid or escape something, such as a person, question, or duty.

Senses

ускольза́ть is used for these senses in English:

• escape (intransitive) To avoid capture; to get away with something, avoid punishment.
• evade (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
• evade (transitive) To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.

elude — full definition

1. verb To avoid or escape someone or something, often through cleverness or luck.
2. verb To fail to be remembered or understood by someone.

escape — full definition

1. verb To get free from confinement, danger, or an unpleasant situation.
2. verb To avoid something unpleasant, such as punishment or notice.
3. noun The act of getting free from a dangerous, confining, or unwanted situation.

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