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  1. evasion, escape, dodgingnoun

    nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

    "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"

    Synonyms:
    leakage, evasion, equivocation, nonpayment, turning away, dodge, escapism, shunning, flight, safety valve, escape, escape cock, leak, relief valve, avoidance, escape valve, scheme, outflow

  2. dodge, dodging, schemenoun

    a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

    Synonyms:
    stratagem, avoidance, strategy, scheme, contrivance, system, escape, outline, evasion, shunning, schema, dodge, turning away

  3. avoidance, turning away, shunning, dodgingnoun

    deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

    Synonyms:
    avoidance, scheme, escape, evasion, shunning, dodge, turning away

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How to use dodging in a sentence?

  1. Quentin Fulks:

    Reverend Warnock is hopeful that Herschel Walker will finally stop dodging debates and show voters if Herschel Walker's really ready to represent Georgia.

  2. Michael Tran:

    This prevents the impending car crash that was happening in slow motion, dodging that iceberg is extremely constructive. But in the near-term, we continue to be plagued by the coronavirus.

  3. Martin Hojsik:

    The decision is an appalling failure and a great blow to the fight against poverty and injustice. Developing countries, which are losing billions of dollars a year to tax dodging, are not being given an equal say in fixing unjust global tax rules.

  4. Jim Jones:

    His wife made a comment one time in a letter that she was tired of sitting around at home doing nothing, and he said, ‘Well, I’m tired of dodging these damn German shells.’ But that was the only time that he ever shared anything with her.

  5. Tiffany Walden:

    We got caught up in the fire of this conversation about Black journalists and when people started implying that the mayor was dodging the hard questions and was taking refuge in the Black community.


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