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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

duck and dive en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (UK, colloquial) To operate in a skilfully shifty or evasive manner.
    • So what next? For now, at least, the prevailing wisdom in Europe is that people need something to divert them from the ongoing nightmares elsewhere. […] Best, some insist, to keep the show on the road and then duck and dive in the event of further Covid-19 issues. 2021 January 12, Robert Kitson, “Is it morally right for rugby to host the Six Nations in a pandemic?”, in The Guardian:

Forms

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ducked and dove Tense=Past US lexicographic
ducks and dives Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ducking and diving Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ducked and dived Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ducked and dived Tense=Past lexicographic