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  • nountrick, feint
  • verbavoid

synonyms for dodge

  • contrivance
  • device
  • machination
  • method
  • plan
  • plot
  • ploy
  • ruse
  • scheme
  • stratagem
  • strategy
  • subterfuge
  • wile
See also synonyms for: dodged / dodging
  • ditch
  • duck
  • elude
  • escape
  • evade
  • fend off
  • shuffle
  • sidestep
  • skirt
  • dark
  • deceive
  • equivocate
  • fence
  • fudge
  • hedge
  • juke
  • lurch
  • malinger
  • parry
  • pussyfoot
  • shake
  • shift
  • shirk
  • short-circuit
  • slide
  • slip
  • swerve
  • tergiversate
  • trick
  • weasel
  • 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
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How to use dodge in a sentence

He pilots a 2019 Dodge Ram “super-stretch turbo diesel” limo — “the longest limo in Dallas,” he claims.
INSIDE THE STRETCH LIMO WHERE ‘TIGER KING’ STAR JOE EXOTIC’S TEAM WAITED FOR A PARDON THAT NEVER CAMEMAURA JUDKISJANUARY 20, 2021WASHINGTON POST
A loophole allowing the removal of masks while consuming food and beverages is a favorite dodge.
SNEEZED ON, CUSSED AT, IGNORED: AIRLINE WORKERS BATTLE MASK RESISTANCE WITH SCANT GOVERNMENT BACKUPMICHAEL LARISJANUARY 1, 2021WASHINGTON POST
He’d been a salesman for a Dodge and Chrysler dealership until diabetes and heart problems caught up with him last year.
AS COVID-19 RAVAGED THIS IOWA CITY, OFFICIALS DISCOVERED MEATPACKING EXECUTIVES WERE THE ONES IN CHARGEBY MICHAEL GRABELL AND BERNICE YEUNGDECEMBER 21, 2020PROPUBLICA
In one recent case, a suburban Atlanta sheriff spent $70,000 in forfeiture funds on a muscle car, a Dodge Charger Hellcat, that he uses solely to drive to and from work.
POLICE SAY SEIZING PROPERTY WITHOUT TRIAL HELPS KEEP CRIME DOWN. A NEW STUDY SHOWS THEY’RE WRONG.IAN MACDOUGALL FOR PROPUBLICADECEMBER 14, 2020PROPUBLICA
My wife and I bought our 2006 Dodge T1N Sprinter with 64,000 miles on it in 2017 and named it Jean-Claude.
SPRINTER VS. TEARDROP TRAILER: WHAT'S BEST FOR CAMPING?WILL TAYLORNOVEMBER 28, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE
In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMAN
Naturally he did not take such pains to dodge Grandfather Mole—after the talk they had had.
THE TALE OF GRANDFATHER MOLEARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY
Tom held to his strange belief to 'Let it all come,' he would not try to prevent; he would neither shirk nor dodge.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOOD
Piegan snorted when I told him we were on the dodge—that they were trying to nail us for holding up the paymaster.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
The sight of a traffic cop made him dodge around a corner that threw him off his course.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUS
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WORDS RELATED TO DODGE

  • con
  • contrivance
  • device
  • dodge
  • expedient
  • gambit
  • gimmick
  • machination
  • maneuver
  • play
  • ploy
  • racket
  • ruse
  • savvy
  • scam
  • stratagem
  • subterfuge
  • tactic
  • wile
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.