| NOUN | act | evasive action, maneuver, manoeuvre | an action aimed at evading an opponent |
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| Meaning | An action aimed at evading an opponent. | |
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| Synonyms | maneuver, manoeuvre | |
| Narrower | clinch | (boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily |
| flight maneuver, airplane maneuver | A maneuver executed by an aircraft | |
| straight-arm | (American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent | |
| Broader | evasion | The act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver |
| Spanish | maniobra | |
| Catalan | maniobra | |
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