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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
dodge .
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Examples
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From day to day anxiously did Mr. Gladstone watch what he called the dodges of the assembly.
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 John Morley 1880
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RE “how to scale up effective charter schools”: For someone who prides himself on policy chops, Matt once again dodges the hard issues in reforming urban public education.
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McCains TOP economic advisor makes comments that are elitist and out of touch with American’s daily lives and McCain dodges it with a denial and a joke.
McCain: Send Gramm to Minsk - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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During the years 1678-1680 Payne's name dodges in and out of the thousands of words written about the Popish plot.
The Fatal Jealousie (1673) Henry Nevil Payne
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You've got a business head of your own, Joyce; you're one of George's own sort; and you are up to all his dodges, which is more than I am.
Run to Earth A Novel 1875
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Neither does just hitting the return button or any of the common default password dodges I know of.
LinuxQuestions.org 2009
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Neither does just hitting the return button or any of the common default password dodges I know of.
LinuxQuestions.org 2009
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Neither does just hitting the return button or any of the common default password dodges I know of.
LinuxQuestions.org 2009
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_ruses_ and methods -- what you English call dodges -- whereby they can deceive even the most sharp-sighted and energetic.
Black Ivory Francis B. Pearson 1859
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Ezra Klein generously says that the budget "dodges" the recommendations of the Debt Commission, remarking that it is as "the Fiscal Commission never happened."
A 'dodge' or a retreat? Jennifer Rubin 2011
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