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EVASIVE ACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does evasive action mean? 

EVASIVE ACTION (noun)
  The noun EVASIVE ACTION has 1 sense:

1. an action aimed at evading an opponentplay

  Familiarity information: EVASIVE ACTION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EVASIVE ACTION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An action aimed at evading an opponent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

evasive action; maneuver; manoeuvre

Hypernyms ("evasive action" is a kind of...):

evasion (the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "evasive action"):

clinch ((boxing) the act of one boxer holding onto the other to avoid being hit and to rest momentarily)

airplane maneuver; flight 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)


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