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Noun
Verb
Adverb
Adjective

end run

keep one's head down

toe-dance

skate over

nonconfrontation

keep at arm's length

circumlocutionary

shadowbox

escape

toe dance

unresisting

resistless

let bygones be bygones

take the bull by the horns

shy away from

change the subject

let-out

throw in at the deep end

keep one's cards close to one's chest

tread lightly

above the fray

obviate

have someone by the short hairs

finesse

deflect

reindeer games

step to

tiptoe around

ostracise

ostracize

urging

spur

wear

air out

prodding

get out of someone's face

prod

talk one's way out of

detachment

withdrawal

goading

goad

spurring

let someone down gently

bring a knife to a gunfight

nonconfronter

heckle

can't help

passive-aggressive

avoidant

hedge

antipsychological

allow

let

low profile

walk on eggshells

nut up

gut up

tactfulness

intervene

permit

drop the gloves

take the wheel

deke

nonconfrontational

fight shy of

box out

draw into

evasive

stand tall

evade

leeroy

put off

antipolitics

bunker

pre-emptive

inconspicuously

self-handicap

circumvent

elude

diversion

dodging

paper over the cracks

skirt

dodge

fudge

diplomatic

sidestep

parry

shunning

duck

give the go-by

avoidance

anticonfrontational

keep it together

turning away

end run

toe-dance

nonconfrontation

escape

toe dance

let-out

reindeer games

urging

spur

prodding

prod

detachment

withdrawal

goading

goad

spurring

nonconfronter

low profile

tactfulness

antipolitics

diversion

dodging

shunning

avoidance

turning away

keep one's head down

skate over

keep at arm's length

shadowbox

toe-dance

let bygones be bygones

take the bull by the horns

shy away from

change the subject

throw in at the deep end

keep one's cards close to one's chest

tread lightly

obviate

have someone by the short hairs

finesse

deflect

step to

tiptoe around

ostracise

ostracize

wear

air out

get out of someone's face

talk one's way out of

let someone down gently

bring a knife to a gunfight

heckle

can't help

hedge

allow

let

walk on eggshells

nut up

gut up

intervene

permit

drop the gloves

take the wheel

deke

fight shy of

box out

draw into

stand tall

evade

leeroy

put off

bunker

self-handicap

circumvent

elude

paper over the cracks

skirt

dodge

fudge

sidestep

parry

duck

give the go-by

keep it together

English words for 'An attempt to avoid a difficult situation by not confronting it directly'

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