dodge
🇺🇸
/dɑːdʒ/
🇬🇧
/dɒdʒ/
verb
R
to move quickly to avoid something
She had to dodge the ball to avoid being hit.
R
to avoid doing something in a dishonest way
He tried to dodge paying his taxes.
noun
R
a clever trick to avoid something
He used a clever dodge to avoid the difficult question.
translation
to move quickly to avoid something; to avoid doing something in a dishonest way
a clever trick to avoid something
Word Forms
3rd Present
dodges
Progressive
dodging
Past
dodged
Perfect
dodged
Plural
dodges