dodge
verb (used with object)
to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy.
am dodging
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present progressiveof dodge (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It turned out to be a white handkerchief tied to a cardboard container in which Ulrich had placed a message: "Fed up with school, also am dodging appointment with dentist."
From Time Magazine Archive
I am dodging around to keep that big one from grabbing us with its magnet.
From Astounding Stories, May, 1931 by Various
When I am dodging cabs at crossings she will appear from behind an omnibus or carriage and butt into me furiously.
From Certain Personal Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
You don't know yet how I am dodging, or why my measures are taken; but I'll shorten your long face a good inch with a genuine broad grin when you learn how it all was.
From Wylder's Hand by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The only trouble is that while I am dodging about like this I cannot devote myself properly to the task of running down this fiend of the Hands.
From The Black Box by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim
