dodge the draft

phrase

: to avoid being drafted into the military

Many young men tried to dodge the draft by leaving the country.

Examples of dodge the draft in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fake medical exemptions are one of many tactics used to dodge the draft. — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Apr. 2024

Kyiv’s recruiting strategy has been plagued by overly aggressive tactics and more widespread attempts to dodge the draft. — Thomas Gibbons-Neff Finbarr O’Reilly, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2024

Buying their way out Some men — a small minority, government officials say — dodge the draft by breaking the law. — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023

Some dodge the draft, while those already serving desert or refuse orders to redeploy on the bloody, chaotic battlefields of Ukraine. — Neil MacFarquhar, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2023

The changes appear to give the Kremlin a much more streamlined system that would enable a more thorough conscription effort, closing loopholes that have helped thousands dodge the draft. — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 12 Apr. 2023

Many potential conscripts are now trying to flee the country in an effort to dodge the draft. — Yasmeen Serhan, Time, 29 Sep. 2022

Before that, Austin makes this complicated decision to invest in being involved as a dad, but also to dodge the draft and pay someone else to go to war for him. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2021

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