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Dodging

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schemenounA systematic plan of future action.
escapeverb(intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
dodgenoun(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
avoidancenounThe act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
evasionnounThe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
shunningnounThe act by which something is shunned; avoidance.
turning awaynounAlternative form of turning-away. [A deliberate rejection and movement or development in a different direction.]

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evasionnounThe act of eluding or evading or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding.
escapeverb(intransitive) To get free; to free oneself.
turning awaynounAlternative form of turning-away. [A deliberate rejection and movement or development in a different direction.]
avoidancenounThe act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
shunningnounThe act by which something is shunned; avoidance.
schemeverb(transitive) To plan; to contrive; to manuever.
avoidingnounAvoidance.
duckingnounAn instance of ducking down, e.g. to hide.
circumventingverb(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
evadingverb(transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
dodgernoun(countable) Someone who dodges (avoids something by quickly moving).
tax dodgenoun(informal, somewhat derogatory) A scheme (legal or illegal) to avoid paying tax, or to pay less tax.
dipsydoodlenounAn act or movement such as a quick dipping motion designed to evade, confuse, or distract an opponent or competitor.
decoyingverbThe act of one who decoys.
dossnoun(slang, British and Ireland) The avoidance of work.
dartingverbCharacterized by sudden, quick movements.
rubber-duckingnounAlternative form of rubber ducking. [(programming) Rubber duck debugging.]
ditheringnounThe act of one who dithers.
duckdivenounAlternative form of duck dive. [(surfing) The action of duck diving (see verb).]
doddienounAlternative form of doddy. [A hornless cow.]

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