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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dodge.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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.

    Matthew Yglesias » Endgame 2010

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Neither does just hitting the return button or any of the common default password dodges I know of.

    LinuxQuestions.org 2009

  • Neither does just hitting the return button or any of the common default password dodges I know of.

    LinuxQuestions.org 2009

  • Neither does just hitting the return button or any of the common default password dodges I know of.

    LinuxQuestions.org 2009

  • _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

  • 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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