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To start suddenly aside, as to avoid a blow or a missile;
to shift place by a sudden start. |
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To evade a duty by low craft; to practice mean shifts; to
use tricky devices; to play fast and loose; to quibble. |
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To evade by a sudden shift of place; to escape by
starting aside; as, to dodge a blow aimed or a ball thrown. |
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Fig.: To evade by craft; as, to dodge a question; to
dodge responsibility. |
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To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to
place. |
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The act of evading by some skillful movement; a sudden
starting aside; hence, an artful device to evade, deceive, or cheat; a
cunning trick; an artifice. |
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