An evasive tactic is a strategy used to avoid or delay responding to a difficult question or situation. Common evasive tactics include stalling, dodging, end-running, and song and dance. Stalling involves delaying a response in order to buy time to think of an answer. Dodging is the act of avoiding a direct answer by changing the subject or providing a vague response. End-running is a tactic of avoiding a problem by going around it instead of confronting it directly. Song and dance is a phrase used to describe a long-winded explanation that does not actually answer the question.