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| dodge | |
| 1. v. To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way. |  |
| He dodged traffic crossing the street. | |
| 2. v. (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep. | |
| The politician dodged the question with a meaningless reply. | |
| 3. v. (archaic) To go hither and thither. | |
| 4. v. (photography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of a print in order to make them darker (compare burn). | |
| 5. v. To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place. | |
| 6. n. An act of dodging. | |
| 7. n. A trick, evasion or wile. | |
| 8. n. (slang) A line of work. | |
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