Sekirov Dictionary

dodge

UK /dɒd͡ʒ/US /dɑd͡ʒ/

verb 7
noun 3
adjective 1
forms 6
phrases 3

verb7

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To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- He dodged traffic crossing the street.
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To elude.
- “We must follow after this dreadnought, hard on her tracks. She shall not dodge me though she hide in unfathomed waters, or in the earth's bosom, or in lonely woods, or on crags!” — 1961
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(figurative) To avoid; to sidestep.
- The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply.
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To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
- "I had a notion he was dodging me all the way I came, for I saw him just behind me, turn which way I would." — 1782
To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that area to light).
(old-fashioned) To trick somebody.
(no longer used) To go, or cause to go, hither and thither.

noun3

An act of dodging.
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A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression tax dodge.)
- The dodges of women beat all comprehension; and I am sure she wouldn’t let the lad off so easily, if she had not some other scheme on hand. — 1848
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(slang) A line of work.
- In the marketing dodge, that is known as rub-off. — 1992

adjective1

(UK, informal) Dodgy.

forms

dodged · dodging · dodges · Dodges · more dodge · most dodge

Phrases with dodge

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