I'm trying to say avoid or make it come later.
2007-11-17 09:01:06 · 11 answers · asked by Trew 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Evade is the first one that comes to mind. Other options might be defer, stall, outpace...
2007-11-17 09:05:22 · answer #1 · answered by Julie J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends. Could be "postpone", if it's a natural cause like disease. Could be "draw out" or "prolong", if someone's torturing another person and wants them to suffer (sorry, morbid). Could be "cheat" if they're doing a lot of stupid stuff and testing their luck. Could be "avoid" for the former as well, if you're personifying death in any way. If he's stalling because someone's going to kill him, he might be trying to "stay" an execution... you know, stall.
Other possibilities: suspend, defer, restrain, put off, suppress, elude, avoid, escape, evade... it depends on the context.
2007-11-17 17:43:18 · answer #2 · answered by Julia S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
push back death
send death on a holiday
send death on a wild goose chase
put death on a slowboat to China
2007-11-17 17:11:57 · answer #3 · answered by Penny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he is tryin 2 cheat death.
2007-11-17 17:07:11 · answer #4 · answered by DLOC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
forestall death, he is trying to beat death, postpone death,
RRRR
2007-11-17 17:40:37 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
elude - to evade or escape from
2007-11-17 17:07:41 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cheat, postpone, thwart
2007-11-17 17:04:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
forestall
2007-11-17 19:24:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cheat
see
2007-11-17 17:08:21 · answer #9 · answered by Skyleigh's Mom :)™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
forstall
2007-11-18 00:35:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋