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   dodge

   /dɒdʒ/

   verb

   • 1. avoid (someone or something) by a sudden quick movement: "marchers had to dodge missiles thrown by loyalists" Similar dartboltduckdiveswervebody-swervesidestepveerlungejumpleapspringeludeevadeavoidstay away fromsteer clear ofescaperun away frombreak away fromloseleave behindshakeshake offfend offkeep at arm's lengthgive someone a wide berthkeep one's distance fromdeceivetrickcheatend-runinformal:ditchgive someone the slip
   • ▪ move quickly to one side or out of the way: "Adam dodged between the cars"
   • ▪ evade (a debt or obligation) in a cunning or dishonest way: "he'd caught her dodging fares on the underground" Similar avoidevadeshunget out ofslide out ofback out ofsteer clear ofsidestepcircumventskirt roundbypassgive something a missfind a way out ofinformal:duckwriggle out ofcop out offunkskiveskive offcutduck-shovearchaic:declinebilkOpposite face up totackle
   • 2. expose (one area of a print) less than the rest during processing or enlarging: "he dodged and burned the photograph to get the exact exposure levels he was after"
   • 3. (of a bell in change-ringing) move one place contrary to the normal sequence, and then back again in the following round.

   noun

   • 1. a sudden quick movement to avoid someone or something. Similar dartboltduckdiveswervejumpleapspring
   • ▪ a cunning trick or dishonest act, in particular one intended to avoid something unpleasant: informal "the grant system's widespread use as a tax dodge" Similar ruseployschemetacticstratagemsubterfugetrickhoaxwilecheatdeceptionblindpretextmanoeuvredevicemachinationcontrivanceartificeexpedientswindlefraudloopholeinformal:scamconcon trickset-upwanglewheezebuncogriftlurkrortinformal, dated:flankerarchaic:shift
   • 2. the dodging of a bell in change-ringing.

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the senses ‘dither’ and ‘haggle’): of unknown origin.

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