To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
To plead guilty and ask for mercy.
To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill.
To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to.
To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind.
To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip.