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Meanings of duck behind in English

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Usage of duck behind in English
1
I duck behind a curtain of vines, concealing myself just in time.
Catching Fire
2
The manager tried to duck behind the counter when he saw me.
A river in the sky
3
Hopper had no intention of remaining a sitting duck behind the small building.
Kill bin laden: a delta force commander's account of the hunt fo...
4
Desperately, I turn and duck behind the hedge on the side of the house.
The kommandant's girl
5
Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, Aria swore she saw someone duck behind the journalism barn.
Crushed
6
I duck behind the shed and run for the woods.
The weight of silence
7
The illusion was so real she felt she should duck behind a screen and hide.
Faerie Wars
8
And spotted a lounge chair she might duck behind.
In the Dark
9
She meant to duck behind the wall, but something drew her, enticed her, to stand.
Night of Knives
10
Don't try to duck behind that awful Rollerball remake.
Wired
11
I fought the urge to duck behind Amra.
Pandemonium
12
He would duck behind his group director and let her run interference with Frazier and his lot.
Secret of the seventh son
13
Why did you duck behind the counter?
Fortune's Pawn
14
We run to Uncle Antonio and duck behind him as he begins to back out the door.
Origin
15
He called to the duck behind the bar and ordered black coffee and some type of alcohol.
Amberville
16
They dodge behind murders; they duck behind baseball scores; they lie up snugly behind the Wall Street news.
The Man with Two Left Feet, and Other Stories
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