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liū

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English meaning

  • dodge verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
  • eschew verb To deliberately avoid or keep away from something, usually on moral or practical grounds.
  • evade verb To cleverly avoid or escape something, such as a person, question, or duty.
  • shirk verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
  • shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.

Senses

溜 is used for these senses in English:

  • dodge (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
  • eschew (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
  • evade (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
  • shun (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).

dodge — full definition

  1. verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
  2. verb To avoid dealing with a question, responsibility, or difficulty.
  3. noun A trick or clever way of avoiding something, especially a duty or tax.
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