词汇 | duck-and-dodge |
释义 | 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. 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: Avoiding action |
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