dodge
verb (used with object)
to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy.
had dodged
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past perfectof dodge.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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After staving off a weekend collapse, McIlroy had dodged Scheffler, himself a two-time champion, and became only the fourth player to win back-to-back Masters titles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
“Once we ran out of there and made it down past skull rock we felt we had dodged death,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2025
The following year, rail companies were allowed to start using SJPs to privately prosecute people who they claimed had dodged fares.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2024
“She called me so many times” that he had dodged her calls, Mr. Trump told the audience.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2022
The jackrabbit had dodged, dug in, taken a hard right turn, which apparently surprised the coyotes enough to throw their pace off so that the rabbit maintained at least a small lead.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
