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- "I — not — I was joking," said Harry evasively.
- "… and how did you find out about the Taboo?" he asked Harry after explaining the many desperate attempts of Muggle-borns to evade the Ministry.
- He pretended to congratulate the three brothers upon their magic, and said that each had earned a prize for having been clever enough to evade him.
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as in: evade the enemy Define
physically avoid or get away from; or: said of something that is hard to obtain
as in: evade the question
Define
to avoid or try to avoid either a responsibility or telling the whole truth
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