dodge

Naija

Etymology

From English: dodge

Pronunciation

• dɔ̂dʒ

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Verb

Transitive

• Make person dey avoid someting.

• Any bad plan wey you get for me, I dodge am.  — (Egbokhare_2020, Any evil intent you have for me, I evade it.)
• E go dey use am dodge im work to help dem and care for dem.  — (jw__30092, He will use it as an excuse to avoid his responsibilities and to care for them.)

• Make person dey hide for person or someting.

• Osa dey always dey dodge im papa.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, Osa is always hiding from his father.)

Intransitive

• As I see ekelebe, na so I quick dodge for corner.  — (NSC_Olukayode.S.M_2021, As I saw the corps, I quickly hide in a corner.)
• Ten minutes na im e take dodge two o'clock, time don reach make una hear our Pidgin news.  — (deuber__6272, It's ten minutes to two o'clock. It is time to hear our pidgin news.)

Translations

• English: dock, hide, evade, avoid