Dodge and Ploy

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Dodge

Dodge noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

Usage example: just another dodge to get out of working in the yard

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Ploy is a synonym for dodge in trick topic. In some cases you can use "Ploy" instead a noun "Dodge", when it comes to topics like ruse, honest. popular alternative

Nearby Words: dodged, dodger, dodging

Ploy

Ploy noun - A clever often underhanded means to achieve an end.

Usage example: asking me to take her shopping turned out to be a ploy to get me to the surprise party

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Dodge is a synonym for ploy in game topic. You can use "Dodge" instead the word "Ploy" as a noun or a verb, if it concerns topics such as honest, tactic. popular alternative

Nearby Word: ployed

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better	better dodge	better ploy
standard	standard dodge	standard ploy
many	many dodge	many ploy
obvious	obvious dodge	obvious ploy
Other adjectives: simple, popular, successful, main, clever, famous, basic, insane.

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Palamedes saw right through the ploy, and ensured that Odysseus didn't dodge the draft by dropping his baby boy Telemachus in front of the plough's path.

Source: Obfuscating Insanity
At the end, Bruce asks Terry if he would have sacrified himself if he hadn't found another way to save Gotham City, and Terry uses the same ploy to dodge the question.

Source: Change the Uncomfortable Subject
It's hinted that this might be a ploy to dodge responsibility, though.

Source: The Ditherer

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