n.
1.a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
2.the deliberate act of failing to pay money
3.nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
4.the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver
Idiom of the Day
confuse (someone or something) with (someone or something)
to fail to distinguish between two things or people
I always confuse our new teacher with our previous teacher. The boy confused one word with another word.