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duck and dive
idiom
to repeatedly move your head or the top part of your body quickly down and in different directions, especially to avoid being hit:
Charlie defended himself well, ducking and diving, remembering every skill he had learned at the Boxing Club.
They have to duck and dive to avoid the crossfire.
informalUK
to cleverly do everything you can in order to succeed, or to avoid a situation, even when this may not be completely acceptable or honest:
He is always ducking and diving and looking for ways of putting his own interests before those of the country.
He had never had a steady job, had been ducking and diving since leaving school at the age of 15.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Moving in order to avoid contact
avoid
avoid something like the plagueidiom
avoidance
bypass
circumnavigate
clear
dodge
duck and weaveidiom
evasive action
evasively
evasiveness
fall
fall back
jump
shrug away
sidestep
skirt
steer
steer clear of someone/somethingidiom
weave
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