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Definition of dodge noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dodge

noun
 
/dɒdʒ/
 
/dɑːdʒ/
(informal)
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  1. a clever and dishonest trick, played in order to avoid something
    • When it comes to getting off work, he knows all the dodges.
    see also tax dodge
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDodge is used after these nouns:
    • tax
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    Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the senses ‘dither’ and ‘haggle’): of unknown origin.
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