dodge vb
1 body-swerve (Scot.) dart, duck, shift, sidestep, swerve, turn aside
2 avoid, body-swerve (Scot.) deceive, elude, equivocate, evade, fend off, flannel (Brit. informal) fudge, get out of, hedge, parry, shirk, shuffle, trick n
3 contrivance, device, feint, flannel (Brit. informal) machination, ploy, ruse, scheme, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wheeze (Brit. slang) wile