verb
1.
to avoid or evade by some maneuver or shift
dodging in and out among the crowd
dodged his pursuer with ease
Synonyms: duck, fence, parry, shirk, sidestep
Related Word: malinger; avoid, elude, escape, evade, skirt; slide, slip; short-circuit
Idioms: fight shy of
Contrasted words: ||banter, beard, brave, challenge, dare, defy, front, venture; confront, encounter, meet
Antonyms: face
2.
Synonyms: equivocate 2, evade, hedge, pussyfoot, shuffle, sidestep, tergiversate, tergiverse, weasel