To evade, or escape from someone or something, especially by using cunning or skill
Thus the observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours to elude or avoid it.
To avoid slyly, by artifice, stratagem, or dexterity; to escape from in a covert manner; to mock by an unexpected escape; to baffle; as, to elude an officer; to elude detection, inquiry, search, comprehension; to elude the force of an argument or a blow
If a fact or idea eludes you, you do not succeed in understanding it, realizing it, or remembering it. The appropriate word eluded him. = escape
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"
If something that you want eludes you, you fail to obtain it. At 62, Brian found the celebrity and status that had eluded him for so long
If you elude someone or something, you avoid them or escape from them. He eluded the police for 13 years
escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation" be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me
be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
escape, either physically or mentally; "The thief eluded the police"; "This difficult idea seems to evade her"; "The event evades explanation"