gives the run around (verb) foil: circumvent, nip in the bud
Detalii: a fencing sword with a bowl-shaped guard and flexible blade is an épée; the one with a circular guard is a foil
Sinonime: apparition, appearance, banshee, bogey, bogeyman, bogle, daemon, demon, devil, eidolon, ethereal being, haunt, incorporeal being, kelpie, manes, phantasm, phantasma, phantom, poltergeist, revenant, shade, shadow, soul, specter, spirit, spook, vampire, vision, visitor, wraith, zombie*
Antonime: abet,
aid,
assist,
help