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Discover Ludwig"dodge a question" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means to avoid giving a direct answer or to evade a question. Example: During the press conference, the politician skillfully dodged a question about their stance on gun control, instead redirecting the conversation to their economic plans.
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The only time I ever saw him dodge a question was when somebody asked him if he preferred letting people die in a ditch to government-financed health care.
In a television interview earlier in the week, Guaidó appeared to dodge a question about whether he had met with Diosdado Cabello, a senior lawmaker and one of the most prominent figures in Maduro's Socialist party.
Jennifer Lawrence isn't one to dodge a question about body image, and in an interview with Barbara Walters this week she summed up her feelings about the scrutiny women (and their bodies) face on the red carpet.
(We've written about his work on get-out-the-vote phone calls). He wanted to address the issue of how candidates respond when get asked a question that they don't want to answer – and whether the public notices when politicians dodge a question by talking about a different topic instead.
-- "A longer discussion another day": White House budget director Mick Mulvaney attempted to dodge a question from CNN's Jake Tapper on Wednesday evening about whether he thought fighting climate change was a "waste of taxpayer money" in the aftermath of two major hurricanes.
He managed to dodge a question regarding external interest in purchasing his company.
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Colonel Geng dodged a question about it at the news conference.
Steve Donahue, the men's basketball coach, politely dodged a question about UConn and the Big East.
He dodged a question about whether Russian troops were in eastern Ukraine.
He dodged a question about whether he has pondered returning next year to chase the magical number.
And Mr. Suozzi today dodged a question on whether he will propose increasing the sales tax.
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