Synonyms for dodging
dodg·ing

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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

Matched Categories

1. • Falsehood
   • Negligence

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1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Isang Smith:

   No games in the concrete jungle streets, be fully focused on cars, pedestrians and dodging piles of dog poo.

4. 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.

5. Deja Foxx:

   I was really, really angry I felt, because he kept dodging us at rallies, it just seemed as though we were being ignored. And I don't want to be ignored by someone whose job it is to represent me.