Meaning & use
skirted
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Went around the edge of something rather than through it, often to avoid it; also, evaded dealing directly with a topic or issue.
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The hikers skirted the swamp rather than wading through it.
The minister skirted the reporter's question about the scandal.
A note on using this word
Skirted extends the literal sense of going around the edge, as with a skirt's hem, to the figurative sense of avoiding a topic.
Words with a similar meaning
circumventedevaded
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Words with an opposite meaning
confronted
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