| 100% | TURNINGTAILBACK | 15 | Rusher changing course to avoid a defender? |
| 40% | SLIDE | 5 | Try to avoid a tag |
| 40% | SWERVE | 6 | Try to avoid a collision |
| 40% | DODGE | 5 | Duck to avoid a blow |
| 40% | SLID | 4 | Tried to avoid a tag |
| 39% | VEER | 4 | Try to avoid a crash, say |
| 39% | SLIDIN | 6 | Tried to avoid a tag, say |
| 39% | DUCKING | 7 | Crouching to avoid a flying object |
| 39% | VEERS | 5 | Tries to avoid a bump, perhaps |
| 39% | FORE | 4 | Cry to avoid a green bean? |
| 39% | SLID | 4 | Tried to avoid a tag, say |
| 39% | PLAYHOOKY | 9 | One way to avoid a lecture |
| 39% | VEERS | 5 | Tries to avoid a pothole, say |
| 39% | ATBAT | 5 | Trying to avoid a strike, perhaps |
| 39% | ROUTE | 5 | Course to a destination |
| 39% | DUCKED | 6 | Crouched down to avoid a flying object |
| 39% | THESOUNDANDTHEFUR | 17 | Two reasons to avoid a dog kennel? |
| 39% | PILOT | 5 | One trying to avoid a banking crisis? |
| 39% | SLID | 4 | Tried to avoid a catcher's tag |
| 39% | SLIDE | 5 | Try to avoid a tag, in baseball |
| 39% | NEWDIRECTION | 12 | GPS suggestion to avoid a tie-up |
| 39% | SLID | 4 | Tried to avoid a tag, in baseball |
| 39% | SWERVE | 6 | Turn suddenly, as to avoid a pothole |
| 39% | RECUSAL | 7 | Withdrawal to avoid a conflict of interest |
| 38% | DEFENSIVETACK | 13 | Sailing maneuver to avoid a pirate's threat? |
| 38% | STOOP | 5 | Bend down to avoid a tree branch, say |
| 37% | FEAROFHATS | 10 | Excellent reason to avoid a career as a milliner? |
| 37% | SLID | 4 | Tried to avoid a catcher's tag, in a way |
| 37% | CLEAR | 5 | Steer ___ of, phrase you may use to avoid a problem |
| 37% | SKIRT | 5 | ___ around trouble, phrase you may use to avoid a problem |