| 词汇 | duck-and-dive |
| 释义 | duck and diveidiom to repeatedly move your head or the top part of your body quickly down and in different directions, especially to avoid being hit: Charlie defended himself well, ducking and diving, remembering every skill he had learned at the Boxing Club. They have to duck and dive to avoid the crossfire. informalUK to cleverly do everything you can in order to succeed, or to avoid a situation, even when this may not be completely acceptable or honest: He is always ducking and diving and looking for ways of putting his own interests before those of the country. He had never had a steady job, had been ducking and diving since leaving school at the age of 15. Moving in order to avoid contact avoid avoid something like the plagueidiom avoidance bypass circumnavigate clear dodge duck and weaveidiom evasive action evasively evasiveness fall fall back jump shrug away sidestep skirt steer steer clear of someone/somethingidiom weave You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Sly & devious |
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