other words for 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
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
Simultaneously Andramark, also laughing, was on his feet, running and dodging.
Volley after volley thundered down upon them as they climbed, but not once did the dodging charge up the slope pause or falter.
Youll find the British dodging the bullets I send them, as nimbly as they do those of the tallest of you.
His father broke in again, "It might save a few hours of dodging and cross-examination if you'd tell us who and what she is."
He had seen enough and, dodging quickly back, retraced his steps, and once more gained the shelter of the timber.
The locomotive whistle was droning again, and a dodging procession of red-eyed switch-lights flicked past the windows.
The rest of the afternoon up to three o'clock was spent in dodging bullets.
Might as well meet this trio of dodging brigands with a smiling face!
This time our meeting was in the main street of Mayberry, when dodging him was an impossibility.
The rear portion of our party were exchanging shots with the Indians, dodging from tree to tree.
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WORDS RELATED TO DODGING
- AWOL
- abdication
- avoidance
- beat
- bolt
- break
- breakout
- bypassing
- circumvention
- decampment
- deliverance
- departure
- desertion
- disappearance
- dodging
- ducking
- elopement
- elusion
- elusiveness
- eschewal
- evasion
- evasiveness
- extrication
- fadeout
- flight
- freedom
- hegira
- lam
- leave
- liberation
- out
- outbreak
- powder
- release
- rescue
- retreat
- runaround
- shunning
- sidestepping
- slip
- spring
- withdrawal
- AWOL
- abdication
- avoidance
- beat
- bolt
- break
- breakout
- bypassing
- circumvention
- decampment
- deliverance
- departure
- desertion
- disappearance
- dodging
- ducking
- elopement
- elusion
- elusiveness
- eschewal
- evasion
- evasiveness
- extrication
- fadeout
- flight
- freedom
- hegira
- lam
- leave
- liberation
- out
- outbreak
- powder
- release
- rescue
- retreat
- runaround
- shunning
- sidestepping
- slip
- spring
- withdrawal
- artifice
- circumvention
- cop-out
- cunning
- ditch
- dodge
- dodging
- elusion
- equivocation
- eschewal
- evading
- evasiveness
- excuse
- fancy footwork
- fugiviteness
- fugivity
- jive
- lie
- obliqueness
- pretext
- prevarication
- quibble
- routine
- run-around
- ruse
- shift
- shuffling
- shunning
- slip
- sophism
- sophistry
- stall
- stonewall
- subterfuge
- trick
- trickery
- cagey
- collusive
- conniving
- contriving
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- devious
- dishonest
- dodging
- duplicitous
- elusive
- evasive
- fly-by-night
- foxy
- fraudulent
- furtive
- insidious
- lying
- mendacious
- prevaricative
- prevaricatory
- roguish
- scheming
- shady
- shrewd
- shuffling
- slick
- slimy
- slippery
- sly
- sneaky
- treacherous
- tricky
- underhand
- unhonest
- unprincipled
- untruthful
- wily