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词汇 bob-and-weave
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bob and weave


idiommainly US(UK usuallyduck and weave)
to move quickly up and down and from side to side, usually in order to avoid hitting or being hit by something:
He went on a run through midfield, bobbing and weaving around defenders.
You'll see publicists behind the stars, cellphone in hand, bobbing and weaving when photographers are near to keep themselves out of the spotlight.
to repeatedly avoid answering questions or dealing with a situation:
If you try to bob and weave and avoid answering, to the voters it's a turn off.
After 11 years of bobbing and weaving, of partial, hesitant reform, the government may finally have to act.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Moving in order to avoid contact
avoid
avoid something like the plagueidiom
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dodge
duck and dodge (something)idiom
duck and weaveidiom
evasive action
evasively
evasiveness
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parry
shrug
shrug away
skirt
steer
steer clear of someone/somethingidiom
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