DODGE


Meaning of DODGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɒdʒ ]

( dodges, dodging, dodged)

1.

If you dodge , you move suddenly, often to avoid being hit, caught, or seen.

He dodged amongst the seething crowds of men...

VERB : V prep / adv

2.

If you dodge something, you avoid it by quickly moving aside or out of reach so that it cannot hit or reach you.

He desperately dodged a speeding car trying to run him down.

= sidestep

VERB : V n

3.

If you dodge something, you deliberately avoid thinking about it or dealing with it, often by being deceitful.

He boasts of dodging military service by feigning illness...

= evade

VERB : V n

Dodge is also a noun.

This was not just a tax dodge.

N-COUNT : usu supp N

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