To engage in the logical fallacy of begging the question (petitio principii).
To sidestep or fail to address a question.
To raise or prompt a question.
To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.
To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from