dodged

VERB

avoid

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ditch duck elude escape evade fend off shuffle sidestep skirt

STRONG

dark deceive equivocate fence fudge hedge juke lurch malinger parry pussyfoot shake shift shirk short-circuit slide slip swerve tergiversate trick weasel

WEAK

circumlocute get around get out of give the slip move to the side put the move on shake off skip out on tergiverse turn aside

Antonyms

STRONGEST

face meet take on

STRONG

release

WEAK

confront encounter stand up to

Example Sentences

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"Thank God Judd was like, 'I think we're good. Let's just talk about movies and stuff.' Woof. Dodged that bullet."

From Salon • Jan. 12, 2023

Dodged another one, you figured — but it wasn't over.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2022

Dodged a bullet on that one, I'm happy to say.

From Slate • Jan. 5, 2012

Dodged that bullet, she thought, as Grace stuck her straw back in her mouth and continued to chew it to oblivion.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway

We crossed a back-yard past a windlass well, Dodged under clothes lines through a place of chips, Walked in a path along the house.

From Toward the Gulf by Masters, Edgar Lee