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dodge, duck, equivocate, evade, hem and haw, parry, prevaricate, sidestep, waffle, weasel ,

   pincer movement - blockade, encirclement, envelopment, investment, siege ,

   windiness - airiness, big mouth, bloat, candour, climate, clime, diastole, dilation, distension, dropsy, elements, fair weather, flatulence, fluency, fluidity,

   the great - Establishment, VIP, baron, big gun, big name, bigwig, brass, celebrity, dignitary, dignity, elder, father, figure, great, great man,

   pecking order - animal kingdom, domain, establishment, hierarchy, kingdom, mineral kingdom, order, power structure, pyramid, realm, vegetable kingdom ,

   poisoner - assassin, bravo, butcher, button man, cannibal, cut-throat, desperado, eradicator, executioner, exterminator, garrotter, gorilla, gun, gunman, hatchet man,

   leader of men - bellwether, choirmaster, conductor, forerunner, leader, messiah, pacesetter, ringleader, torch-bearer ,

   catastrophe - accident, action, angle, architectonics, architecture, argument, atmosphere, background, bad luck, bitter end, bloodless revolution, blow, breakdown, breaking up, breakup,

   prime coat - coat, coating, colour, colouring, distemper, drier, dye, ground, medium, paint, pigment, primer, priming, stain, tempera,

   assumed position - affirmation, assertion, assumption, axiom, basis, data, foundation, ground, hypothesis, position, postulate, premise, presupposition, proposition, statement,

   probative - absolute, admissible, authentic, based on, certain, circumstantial, conclusive, convincing, cumulative, damning, decisive, demonstrative, determinative, documentary, documented,