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
call (someone) on the carpet
to call someone before an authority to be scolded or reprimanded
The salesman was called on the carpet by his boss for losing the big sale.