dodge

/dɒdʒ/ verb

Translation

MOVE [I, T] › to move quickly to avoid someone or something

yana çekilerek/hareket ederek kaçmak/kaçınmak/kurtulmak; sakınmak

He managed to dodge past the security guard.1624

NOT SAY/DO [T] › to avoid talking about something or doing something you should do

kurtulmak, yırtmak, es geçmek, kaytarmak; hile/oyun/kurnazlıkla atlatmak

The minister dodged questions about his relationship with the actress.1859

(Definition of dodge verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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