Definition of skirt
                                                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                            (verb) 
                                                                                                                                                         avoid or try to 
avoid fulfilling, answering, or 
performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They 
tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully"
                                                                        
 
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                    
                                                                                                                 extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; "The 
forest surrounds my property"