dodge

[US]/dɒdʒ/
[UK]/dɑːdʒ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. evade or avoid by a sudden quick movement
vt. avoid (a duty or responsibility) by trickery
n. a clever scheme or trick

Phrases & Collocations

dodge the question

dodge a bullet

dodge responsibility

Example Sentences

Adam dodged between the cars.

marchers had to dodge a fusillade of missiles.

The dodge was coopered by the police.

The child dodged through the crowd.

marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists.

I dodged herds of joggers and cyclists.

there was Dodge, her semblable, her conspirator.

He dodged the book that I threw at him.

Whatever you do, work hard at it and don't try to dodge the column.

A dodge behind a tree kept her from being run over.

He dodged cleverly when she threw her sabot at him.

He dodged cleverly when she threw her shoe at him.

Agility :- A good way to boost our avoidance, agility provides the most efficient means to boost our dodge rate but is hard to itemise for.

Dodge, hide behind shelves, throw cans and make “risqué” displays with shop dummies to become the Shop Raider.

He tried all sorts of dodges to avoid being called up.

Close up, the workmanship that went into each ripple and shadowy layer of tulle was inimitably precious, yet somehow the designers successfully dodged the hazard of veering into overdone froufrou.

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