skirted
Avoided dealing with
Skirted is the past tense of skirt, which means to go around the edge of something rather than through it: We skirted the lake on our way north.
Figuratively, to skirt an issue is to avoid addressing it directly: The politician skirted questions about the scandal.
Skirted also describes something fitted with a skirt—a hanging fabric border: a skirted table, a skirted toilet.
Successfully avoided capture
- bypassedWent around an obstacle
- sidesteppedAvoided by moving aside
- circumventedEvaded by going around
- dodgedAvoided by quick movement
eluded · ducked · shunned · eschewed · danced around · tiptoed around · finessed · deflected
evaded
Successfully avoided capture
- bypassedWent around an obstacle
- sidesteppedAvoided by moving aside
- circumventedEvaded by going around
dodged · eluded · ducked · shunned · eschewed · danced around · tiptoed around · finessed · deflected · outmaneuvered
edged
Had a border
bordered · circled · surrounded · hugged · traced · followed · paralleled · lined · contoured · wrapped
hemline
Garment's lowest edge
maxi · mini · midi · flared · wrap · tiered · gored · ruffled · gathered · tulip
skirtedconfronted
Challenged or opposed directly
addressed · tackled · faced · engaged · dealt with
skirtedcrossed
Went from side to side
traversed · cut through · went through · penetrated · bisected
- circle skirtsGarments cut as full rounds
- grass skirtWoven fiber costume
- pencil skirtSlim, straight-cut garment
- skirt aroundBypass or avoid directly
- poodle skirtsFull skirts with appliquéd dogs
- plaid skirtChecked-pattern lower garment