verb
- present participle of elude; avoiding or escaping from someone or something, especially by being clever or quick
- present participle of elude; failing to be understood, remembered, or achieved by someone
Usage: present participle form
Usage: present participle form
Examples
- The suspect kept eluding the police by changing his appearance.
- She was skilled at eluding her responsibilities.
- The answer to the riddle was eluding him completely.
- Success seemed to be eluding the team this season.
- The cat was eluding capture by hiding under the porch.
- The meaning of the poem was eluding most students.
- He spent hours eluding his pursuers in the forest.