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present participle of dodge.

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shifty adj.
avoidance n.
circumvention n.
escape n.
evasion n.

ADJECTIVE

shifty

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cagey crafty shrewd slippery sneaky tricky wily

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collusive conniving contriving crooked cunning devious dishonest duplicitous elusive equivocating evasive fly-by-night foxy fraudulent furtive insidious lying mendacious prevaricative prevaricatory roguish scheming shady shuffling slick slimy sly treacherous underhand unhonest unprincipled untruthful

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aboveboard frank honest naive

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forthright trustworthy

NOUN

avoidance

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evasion prevention restraint

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circumvention delay departure dodge elusion escape escapism flight forbearance nonparticipation parry recession recoil retreat self-restraint shirking shunning

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absention eschewal passive resistance runaround steering clear of

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advance arrival coming continuation stay

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meeting

NOUN

circumvention

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avoidance bypass eluding evasion

WEAK

circumventing

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meeting

NOUN

escape

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breakout departure desertion disappearance flight freedom liberation outbreak rescue withdrawal

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AWOL abdication avoidance beat bolt break bypassing circumvention decampment deliverance ducking elopement elusion elusiveness evasion evasiveness extrication fadeout hegira lam leave out powder release retreat shunning sidestepping spring

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eschewal runaround

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arrival coming entrance stay staying

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directness meeting

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capture maintenance

NOUN

evasion

Synonyms

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artifice circumvention cunning ditch dodge elusion equivocation evasiveness excuse jive lie obliqueness pretext prevarication quibble routine ruse shift shirking shuffling shunning sophism sophistry stall subterfuge trick trickery

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come-off cop-out equivocating eschewal evading fancy footwork fudging fugiviteness fugivity runaround stonewall

Antonyms

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directness frankness honesty openness reality truth

WEAK

facing meeting

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dodging

Evercore analysts said the move will also allow SpaceX to put data centers into orbit, potentially dodging the growing backlash in the U.S. against artificial-intelligence cloud operators.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

"I think something needs to be done to clean the rivers up in Wales, people have been dodging the bullet."

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

What’s the best route to drive from Detroit to New York this weekend dodging thunderstorms and without losing cell service?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Morgan, and IBM and other quantum-computing players were dodging the tech selloff after the White House late Monday issued two executive orders to support quantum technology.

From Barron's ● Jun. 23, 2026

“I suspect your future husband will be dodging a great many teacups then.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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