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English term or phrase:
ducking to get out of the way ?
English answer:
crouching or making another movement to avoid being hit
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Hakki Ucar
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ducking to get out of the way ?
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ducking
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.
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Aug 5, 2007 12:11: Hakki Ucar changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/615862">Hakki Ucar's</a> old entry - "ducking to get out of the way ?"" to ""crouching or making another movement to avoid being hit""
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crouching or making another movement to avoid being hit
instead of trying to catch the ball, they avoided it because it was going too fast
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: they were afraid of getting hit by the ball
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Comment: "to avoid hit the ball ? like this ?"
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crouched
The fielders crouched to dodge the ball.
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