dodging

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
noun a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery
noun deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

There was no dodging that arrangement. — The Innocents Abroad, Mark Twain
Jeff was nettled by this dodging of the issue; but he kept his temper. — Klondike Nuggets, and How Two Boys Secured Them, Edward Sylvester Ellis
But Pomp, in dodging, had now come to an open space, where he was at a disadvantage. — Frank's Campaign; Or, The Farm and the Camp, Horatio, Jr. Alger

evasion, escape

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