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# dodge

«dodge» in Mova's school dictionary: **to move quickly to one side to avoid being hit or caught** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (dodge, dodges, dodged, dodging); noun (a dodge, dodges)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To dodge is to move quickly to one side to avoid being hit or caught. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodge/#m1)

2) To dodge something is to avoid it in a clever or dishonest way (dodge a question, dodge a job). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodge/#m2)

3) A dodge is a quick movement to one side, or a clever trick to avoid something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodge/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In PE and games like dodgeball, players dodge the ball. In stories a hero dodges arrows or a falling rock; a character who dodges a question may be hiding the truth. In everyday life, «dodging chores» means avoiding them. Phrases: dodge the ball, dodge a question, dodge the rain, dodgeball, a tax dodge.

### examples

- He dodged the ball just in time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodge/#x1)
- We played dodgeball in PE. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodge/#x2)
- The rabbit dodged the fox and ran into its hole. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodge/#x3)
- She dodged the question by changing the subject. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodge/#x4)
- My brother always tries to dodge washing up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodge/#x5)
- We dodged between the raindrops to the car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodge/#x6)
- The cyclist dodged a puddle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodge/#x7)
- He dodged here and there with the hounds at his heels. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodge/#x8)

### note

Regular verb: dodged, dodging (drop the e). Adjective «dodgy» (British, informal) means not safe, not honest or not working well.

### In the corpora

- [Dodging a question isn't the same as lying — but it can hide things.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/442-politicians-and-promises-as-the-news-reports-them/13/)
- [Answering a different question to dodge the real one is called a red herring; good interviewers ask the question again.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/178-the-politicians-either-or-and-the-straw-man/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «dodge» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dodge/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.