lay low

Strongest matches

• avert
• bypass
• dodge
• escape
• evade
• fend off
• shun
• sidestep
• ward off

Strong matches

• abstain
• circumvent
• deflect
• desist
• ditch
• divert
• duck
• elude
• eschew
• flee
• hide
• jump
• obviate
• recoil
• shake
• shirk
• shy
• skip
• skirt
• weave
• withdraw

Weak matches

• circumlocute
• cold-shoulder
• fake out
• give the slip
• hold off
• keep clear
• run for cover
• shake and bake
• shake off
• shrink from
• shuffle off
• skip out on
• skip town
• stay away
• stay out
• steer clear of
• step aside
• turn aside

Weak matches

• abase
• cut down
• damage
• drop
• fell
• floor
• injure
• knock down
• KO
• level
• lower
• mow down
• murder
• overthrow
• overturn
• prostrate
• pull down
• shoot down
• slay
• throw down
• tumble
• undermine
• upset
• wound

Strong matches

• depopulate
• desecrate
• despoil
• devastate
• devour
• pillage
• plunder
• ruin
• sack
• waste

Weak matches

• depredate
• lay waste
• spoliate

Strong matches

• conclude
• devour
• discharge
• expedite
• perform
• settle

Weak matches

• dispose of
• eat up
• polish off
• scarf down

Strongest matches

• avoid
• bypass
• circumvent
• conceal
• deceive
• dodge
• elude
• escape
• fend off
• flee
• get around
• hide
• sidestep

Strong matches

• baffle
• balk
• cavil
• confuse
• decline
• double
• duck
• equivocate
• eschew
• fence
• fly
• fudge
• hedge
• lie
• parry
• pretend
• prevaricate
• pussyfoot
• shift
• shirk
• shuck
• shuffle
• shun
• shy
• tergiversate
• trick
• waffle

Weak matches

• beat around bush
• beg the question
• cop out
• give the runaround
• keep distance
• lead on a merry chase
• pass up
• put off
• slip
• slip out
• sneak away
• steer clear of
• weasel

Strongest matches

• drop
• flatten
• raze
• shoot
• shoot down
• slash
• tumble

Strong matches

• cleave
• cut
• dash
• demolish
• down
• floor
• gash
• ground
• hack
• hew
• level
• mangle
• prostrate
• rive
• sever
• split
• sunder

Weak matches

• blow down
• bowl over
• bring down
• cause to fall
• cut down
• knock down
• knock over
• mow down
• pull down
• strike down
• throw down

Strongest matches

• crush
• raze
• smash
• straighten

Strong matches

• abrade
• compress
• debase
• deflate
• depress
• fell
• floor
• flush
• grade
• ground
• lay
• plane
• plaster
• prostrate
• roll
• smooth
• squash
• subdue
• trample

Weak matches

• beat down
• even out
• iron out
• knock down
• mow down
• spread out

Strong matches

• baffle
• beat
• bewilder
• conquer
• defeat
• discomfit
• disconcert
• down
• drop
• dumbfound
• fell
• flatten
• ground
• level
• nonplus
• overthrow
• prostrate
• puzzle
• stump
• throw

Weak matches

• bowl over
• bring down
• bring up short
• knock down

Strongest matches

• bulldoze
• devastate
• drop
• equalize
• fell
• flatten
• raze
• ruin
• wreck

Strong matches

• down
• floor
• ground
• mow
• smooth
• waste

Weak matches

• bring down
• knock down
• knock over
• pull down
• tear down

Strong matches

• balk
• dodge
• duck
• hedge
• renege
• shuck
• sidestep
• waffle

Weak matches

• beat around the bush
• circumvent
• cop out
• dance around an issue
• elude
• equivocate
• eschew
• flee
• get around
• give the runaround
• hem and haw
• pussyfoot
• put off
• shirk
• slip out
• sneak away
• tap dance
• worm one's way out of