dodge
verb (used with object)
to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy.
Used to describe an action that will be fully completed or achieved by a specific point in the future.
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If so, “we will have dodged a bullet,” he said, “because our public discussion is in a dangerous place.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2020