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How to pronounce “dodge”

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Pronunciation guide for dodge

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of dodge with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
A Doctor + a Cartoonist on Creativity and Healingwhen we’re trying to dodge grief, like, not deal with our grief,
Definition summary
(ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.

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How to pronounce dodge

A Doctor + a Cartoonist on Creativity and Healing

when we’re trying to dodge grief, like, not deal with our grief,

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “dodge”

Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
  • (transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
  • (transitive) To elude.
  • (archaic, ambitransitive) To go, or cause to go, hither and thither.
  • (photography, videography) To make an area of an image lighter (when processing photographs in a darkroom, this is accomplished by decreasing the exposure of that area to light).
  • (transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
  • (ambitransitive, dated) To trick somebody.
  • [Noun]
  • An act of dodging.
  • A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression tax dodge.)
  • (slang) A line of work.
  • [Adjective]
  • (Australia, British, colloquial) Dodgy.

Practice Nearby Words

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