See dodge in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To keep away from:
avoid, burke, bypass, circumvent, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, get around, shun. Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep (or stay) (or steer) clear of. See seekTo avoid fulfilling or answering completely:
duck, evade, hedge, sidestep, skirt. See seek
noun
An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end:
artifice, deception, device, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile. (Informal) shenanigan, take-in. See honest, means
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