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词汇 duck-and-dodge
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duck and dodge (something)


idiommainly US
to move quickly up and down and from side to side, usually in order to avoid hitting or being hit by something:
Ducking and dodging, Togura escaped with no more than a few scratches.
He fought tooth and nail against the beast, ducking and dodging its lethal blows.
informal
to repeatedly avoid answering questions or dealing with a situation:
Again and again they ducked and dodged and refused a straight answer.
For too long, they have ducked and dodged tough questions on foreign policy issues.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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

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