eludeverb [ T ]
uk/iˈluːd/us/iˈluːd/elude verb [ T ] (NOT ACHIEVE)
formal If something that you want eludes you, you do not succeed in achieving it:
The gold medal continues to elude her.
They had minor breakthroughs but real success eluded them.
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Failing and doing badly
- at-risk
- backbencher
- balls-up
- be running on empty idiom
- beat a dead horse idiom
- crack
- crash
- draw
- fail
- fall apart
- fray around/at the edges idiom
- fumble
- get off on the right/wrong foot idiom
- give up on sb/sth
- go against sb
- sink like a stone idiom 1
- sink like a stone
- so much for sth idiom
- stagnate
- strike out
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elude verb [ T ] (NOT BE CAUGHT)
to not be caught by someone:
They eluded the police by fleeing.
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Running away and escaping
- abscond
- back away
- back off
- bail out
- be at large idiom
- be on the run idiom
- fugitive
- gaolbreak
- getaway
- go/be run to ground idiom
- heel
- jailbreak
- leg
- loose
- shake sb/sth off
- shoot through
- skedaddle
- slip
- stand clear
- throw
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Avoiding action
elude verb [ T ] (NOT REMEMBER)
formal If a piece of information eludes you, you cannot remember it:
I know who you mean but her name eludes me.
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Forgetting and forgetfulness
- absent-minded
- be on the tip of your tongue idiom
- beneath the/sb's radar idiom
- blank
- blank sth out
- blot sth out
- blur
- brain fade
- ear
- least
- least said soonest mended idiom
- lose sight of sth idiom 1
- lose track idiom 1
- lose sight of sth
- sight
- sink
- slip through the net idiom
- take sb's mind off sth idiom
- unlearn
- your mind is a blank/goes blank idiom
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