ducking to get out of the way ?

English translation: crouching or making another movement to avoid being hit

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English term or phrase:	ducking to get out of the way ?
Selected answer:	crouching or making another movement to avoid being hit
Entered by:	Hakki Ucar

15:41 Nov 30, 2006

English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: ducking to get out of the way ?

and we didn't have girls on our little League team, either-and certainly not shortstops with arms like slingshots who also hit the line drives that made the fielders fall to the ground ducking to get out of the way.

Hakki Ucar KudoZ activity Questions: 99 (1 open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 60 Türkiye
Local time: 05:13

crouching or making another movement to avoid being hit

Explanation:
instead of trying to catch the ball, they avoided it because it was going too fast

Selected response from:

George Rabel
Local time: 22:13

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to avoid hit the ball ? like this ?
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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5 +10

crouching or making another movement to avoid being hit

George Rabel

crouched

Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.

Discussion entries: 3

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4 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +10

crouching or making another movement to avoid being hit

Explanation:
instead of trying to catch the ball, they avoided it because it was going too fast

George Rabel
Local time: 22:13
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

to avoid hit the ball ? like this ?

5 mins confidence:

crouched

Explanation:
The fielders crouched to dodge the ball.

Patricia Fierro, M. Sc.
Ecuador
Local time: 21:13
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

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