I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
avoid/evade/dodge a question (= not give a direct answer )
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He had skilfully evaded Margie’s questions.
tax dodge
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
issue
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Suddenly there was no need to dodge difficult issues any longer.
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While research strives to remove this limit, products which dodge the issue are appearing.
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Roith dodges questions on the issue .
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But his aides insisted he wasn't dodging the issue .
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Some couples dodge the whole issue of fidelity; they feel uncomfortable talking about it.
question
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Aware as I went she had dodged the crucial question .
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Roith dodges questions on the issue.
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Mr. Soley Is not the Minister dodging the question yet again?
traffic
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He crossed the road, dodging the traffic skilfully.
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Suddenly he dashed across the street, dodging the traffic , and jumped on to a small motorbike.
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Helen clutched Edward's arm as they dodged through the traffic .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Cyclists should take care to dodge the potholes and bumps in the road.
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During the Vietnam war, he moved to Canada to dodge the draft.
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He almost caught me, but I dodged and ran across the road.
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Senator O'Brian skillfully dodged the reporter's question.
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Through the help of powerful Senators, the firm has successfully dodged most federal environmental regulations.
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We had to run across some open ground, dodging the bullets.
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When Kevin saw the soldiers, he dodged into an alley.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But they will reach you, making it a little harder to dodge advertising than ever before.
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He crossed the road, dodging the traffic skilfully.
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Linda was intelligent enough to recognise when a question was being dodged.
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Rachaela dodged her way to the lavatory.
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There was only one thing for me to do and I dodged behind the Toyota.
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Tony smiled and without moving his left knee dodged the blows, his torso jinking, neck muscles popping.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
tax
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No one in Clinton's administration has yet commented on the Wall Street tax dodge .
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No doubt it's also a tax dodge .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Flanders insisted he was not using his medical condition as a dodge to avoid testifying.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But, on the dodges and self-deceptions of role reversal, this play is indefatigably predictable.
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I can not imagine who the people were who thought up such fiendish dodges, but they stopped at nothing.
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No one in Clinton's administration has yet commented on the Wall Street tax dodge .
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Nor is it some fiscal dodge .
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That would have shown the object to be far older than it really was, if the dodge had not been detected.