Avoid, as a falling anvil Crossword Clue

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(verb)
1. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
2. make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid
(noun)
1. an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade
2. a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

FALLING (adjective)
1. coming down freely under the influence of gravity
2. becoming lower or less in degree or value
ANVIL (noun)
1. the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
2. a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering

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