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- her coworkers regard her as something of an odd duck
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verbSynonyms & Antonyms of duck (Entry 2 of 2)
- don't try to duck your commitment to spending Thanksgiving with your family by claiming you have to work
Synonyms for duck
- avoid,
- dodge,
- elude,
- escape,
- eschew,
- evade,
- finesse,
- get around,
- scape,
- shake,
- shirk,
- shuffle (out of),
- shun,
- weasel (out of)
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“Duck.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/duck. Accessed 25 Sep. 2022.
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The first known use of duck was before the 12th century
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