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Meanings of dodging in English

Portuguese
evitação
Catalan
sorteig

Deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening.

evitação
Catalan
capgirada

A statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery.

capgirada

Nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do.

Usage of dodging in English
1
By occupying tax-dodging businesses, UKUncut forced a national debate about tax avoidance.
The Guardian
2
The Frenchman was evidently an adept in the art of dodging pursuit.
The Albert Gate Mystery / Being Further Adventures of Reginald B...
3
Then they tried to grip it; but the wee bannock tried dodging.
English Fairy Tales
4
Hillars cried excitedly; the very men I have been dodging all day.
Arms and the Woman
5
His attempts to stitch Pravin Gordhan up for tax dodging went wrong.
The South African
6
I jumped out of the way, dodging behind a handy stone pillar.
Just another judgement day
7
Gretchen stomped across the street, dodging traffic, intent on the building ahead.
Dolly departed
8
Five miles of winding and squirming, twisting and ducking, dodging and summersaulting.
The University of Hard Knocks
9
I saw the raging fire and the SWAT team dodging exploding gunshots.
Midnight hero
10
He ran down the car, holding his breath and dodging the flames.
Tom of the Raiders
11
Working wristers and mufflers is a method of dodging the knitting draft.
High Adventure: A Narrative of Air Fighting in France
12
In a wild scamper we were off, leaping logs and dodging trees.
Tenting To-night / A Chronicle of Sport and Adventure in Glacier...
13
But he was dodging about in a jolly feeble case, said I.
In the Days of the Comet
14
One lunch date with Matt, and you've been dodging him ever since.
Dolly departed
15
Only I didn't get to where I am by dodging the truth.
Full dark, no stars
16
She rushed after him, dodging people, leaving a trail of disgusted remarks.
The book of spies
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Dodging through the time
Dodging across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
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