skirt

verb [T] (GO AROUND)

/ˈskɜrt/

Definition

› to go around or move along the edge of something: We were skirting the highways and taking the back roads.

(Definition of skirt verb (GO AROUND) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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