To evade (a problem, situation, etc.) by using some clever argument or stratagem.
To play (a card) as a finesse.
To obtain something from someone through trickery or manipulation.
To attempt to win a trick by finessing.
To handle or manage carefully or skilfully; to manipulate in a crafty way.
An adroit manoeuvre.
The property of having elegance, grace, refinement, or skill.
In bridge, whist, etc.: a technique which allows one to win a trick, usually by playing a card when it is thought that a card that can beat it is held by another player whose turn is over.
Skill in the handling or manipulation of a situation.
To be without, not to have, to need, to require.
To be short (of or for something).
A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.