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verb | noun dodgedodge1 /dɑdʒ/ ●○○ verb VERB TABLEdodge |
| Present | I, you, we, they | dodge | | he, she, it | dodges | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dodged | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dodged | | he, she, it | has dodged | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dodged | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dodge | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dodged |
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| Present | I | am dodging | | he, she, it | is dodging | | you, we, they | are dodging | | Past | I, he, she, it | was dodging | | you, we, they | were dodging | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dodging | | he, she, it | has been dodging | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dodging | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dodging | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dodging |
► dodged the issue When asked about his enormous salary, he dodged the issue, saying, “I don’t like discussing cash.” THESAURUSto do something in order to prevent something bad from happening► avoidto do something in order to prevent something bad from happening: Exercise will help you avoid heart disease. ► get out of something informal to avoid doing something you should do or something you promised to do: We promised we would go – we can’t get out of it now. ► dodge to avoid talking about something or doing something that you do not want to do: The senator dodged the reporter’s question and started talking about something else. ► evade formal to avoid talking about something or doing something, especially something you should do for legal or moral reasons: The accountant was accused of helping his clients evade taxes. 1[intransitive, transitive] to move quickly, especially to avoid being hit by something or being seen by someone: They ran quickly, dodging the bullets.dodge into/out/behind etc. George dodged around the truck.2[transitive] to avoid talking about something or doing something that you do not want to do: The senator skillfully dodged the reporter’s question. When asked about his enormous salary, he dodged the issue, saying, “I don’t like discussing cash.”► see thesaurus at avoid3[transitive] to avoid paying taxes that you should pay by using dishonest methods4dodge a bullet to avoid something that could hurt you or make you fail: Marshall dodged a bullet by avoiding criminal charges. verb | noun dodgedodge2 noun [countable] ► tax dodge IRS attorneys have called the “charity” a tax dodge (=a way to avoid paying taxes). 1informal something dishonest that you do to avoid a responsibility or a law: He used his medical condition as a dodge to avoid testifying. IRS attorneys have called the “charity” a tax dodge (=a way to avoid paying taxes).2a sudden forward or sideways movement to avoid someone or something |