dodge
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(noun) a quick evasive movement |
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Related Words: evasion |
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(verb) make a sudden movement in a new direction (as to evade a blow) |
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Related Words: move |
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(verb) move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course |
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Related Words: move |
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(noun) a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery |
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Synonyms: dodging, scheme |
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Related Words: false statement, falsehood, falsity, untruth |
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(noun) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade; "his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track" |
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Synonyms: contrivance, stratagem |
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Related Words: plant, scheme, strategy, wangle, wangling |
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(verb) avoid or try to avoid, as of duties, questions and issues; "He dodged the issue" |
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Synonyms: circumvent, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt |
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Related Words: avoid |
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