Contract
Contract verb - To become affected with (a disease or disorder).
Duck
Duck verb - To get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery.
Usage example: don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work
Both words in one sentence
- As Duck Phillips discovers to his dismay, even if Don were fired, he could always go straight to another ad agency because he has no contract, and therefore no "non-compete" clause.
Source: Ultimate Job Security -
Subverted in a episode of Darkwing Duck; the studio claims something they want DW to do is in his contract; Darkwing points out he read the whole thing, including the fine print.
Source: Read the Fine Print
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