Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—D

Dodge About

(To), in school phrase, is to skip about and not go straight on through a lesson. A boy learns a verb, and the master does not hear him conjugate it straight through, but dodges him about. Also in class not to call each in order, but to pick a boy here and there.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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