dodge

[1]	dart , shift , move aside , sidestep , duck , bob , weave , swerve , veer
[2]	avoid , elude , evade , escape from
[3]	escape from answering , sidestep , duck , evade , hedge , quibble , tergiversate , double-talk , (Colloq) waffle
[4]	hedge , fudge , evade , put off , circumvent , parry , elude , skirt , duck , sidestep

[1]	contrivance , stratagem
[2]	dodging , scheme
[3]	trick , subterfuge , ploy , scheme , ruse , device , stratagem , plan , plot , machination , chicane , deception , prevarication , contrivance , evasion , (Slang) wheeze , racket