duck

/dʌk/ verb

Translation

MOVE [I, T] › to move your head or body down quickly to avoid being hit or seen

başını eğmek, eğilmek

Billy ducked behind a car when he saw his teacher.1624

AVOID [T] informal › to avoid something that is difficult or unpleasant

kaytarmak, kaçmak, işine gelmediği için uzak durmak/atlatmak

He managed to duck the issue.1859

duck out of sth phrasal verb

› to avoid doing something that other people are expecting you to do

yan çizmek, (argo) su koyvermek, caymak, sakınmak, kaçmak

[+ doing sth] She was trying to duck out of doing her homework.1859

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

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