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Common collocations with evade in American Collocation

evade verb transitive

US /ɪˈveɪd/

something that you ought to do

duty
obligation
responsibility

The county council is evading its legal duty to reopen the route.

something that you must pay

duty
tax

Attempts to evade excise duty and VAT are taken very seriously.

question or problem

issue
question

He managed to evade the question about how much the new scheme would cost.

just
narrowly
successfully

The winger hit a low ball across goal that just evaded his onrushing teammates.