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dodge the column

dodge the column verb: to avoid doing work.

Verb

dodge the column (third-person singular simple present dodges the column, present participle dodging the column, simple past and past participle dodged the column)

  1. (UK, figuratively, informal) to avoid doing work.

Forms of dodge the column

third-person singular presentdodges the column
present participledodging the column
past participledodged the column
pastdodged the column

Origin of dodge the column

From column in the sense of "a body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road."

Questions about dodge the column

What does dodge the column mean?
Dodge the column means to avoid doing work.
What part of speech is dodge the column?
Dodge the column is a verb.
What is the past tense of dodge the column?
The past tense of dodge the column is dodged the column.

Words near dodge the column in the dictionary

  1. dodge a bullet
  2. dodge ball
  3. dodge balls
  4. Dodge City
  5. Dodge County
  6. dodge the column
  7. dodge up
  8. dodgeable
  9. dodgeball
  10. dodgeballer
  11. dodgeballers

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