dodges
Ducks and weaves
Dodges is the plural of dodge and its verb form.
A dodge is a quick evasive movement—a way of avoiding something coming at you.
By extension, a dodge is any clever trick or scheme to avoid obligation: a tax dodge, draft dodges.
To dodge is to evade: She dodged the question.
He dodges responsibility whenever possible.
Evade by moving aside
- evadesAvoids by cunning
- avoidsDeliberately stays away from
- ducksWaterfowl or evades
- swervesTurns sharply aside
eludes · escapes · maneuvers · weaves · feints · jukes · slips · pivots
Avoids by cunning
- skirtsLower-body garments for women
- shirksEvades required tasks
- circumventsEvades by cleverness
- bypassesGoes around instead
sidesteps · escapes · eludes · ducks · wriggles · weasels · deflects · loopholes
sidestep
Evade by moving aside
swerves · eludes · escapes · maneuvers · weaves · feints · jukes · slips · pivots · deflects
evades
Avoids by cunning
- skirtsLower-body garments for women
- shirksEvades required tasks
- circumventsEvades by cleverness
bypasses · sidesteps · escapes · eludes · ducks · wriggles · weasels · deflects · loopholes · technicalities
tricks
Deceptive acts or techniques
cons · scams · swindles · hustles · subterfuge · chicanery · artifice · stratagems · maneuvers · gambits
Challenger
Specific vessel or vehicle name
muscle car · Mopar · Chrysler · Daytona · pickup · truck · sedan · American · Detroit · horsepower
- evasionevasion, avoiding, avoids, evade, evasions
- runaroundsexcuses, stalling, avoidance, deflection, misdirection
- cunningcunning, craftiness, crafty, guile, slyness
- deceptionslie, lies, lying, deceit, decoy
- mischiefmischief, hijinks, antics, pranks, antic
- insightsinsights, lessons, realizations, discoveries, epiphanies
- dodged a bulletNarrowly avoided serious trouble
- dodging a bulletNarrowly avoiding harm
- dodge a bulletNarrowly avoid disaster
- dodged bulletAvoided serious harm narrowly
- dodge ballThrowing game with elimination
- draft dodgerOne who avoids compulsory enlistment