idiominformalUKtheactionofcleverlydoing everything you can inordertosucceed, or toavoidasituation,evenwhen this may not becompletelyacceptableorhonest:He was wellknownfor hisduckinganddivingunder anysortofpressure.Sometimes, when there's notevenaroyalscandaltofilltheemptypages, areporterneedsto do a littleduckinganddiving.She didn'tobjectto abitofduckinganddiving, but her son'sgangsteractivitieswere too much.SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesSly & devious
artful
artfully
artfulness
backdoor
calculating
calculation
cunning
cunningly
devious
deviously
deviousness
ducking
filthy
guile
gymnastics
legerdemain
Machiavellian
Machiavellianism
scheming
wily
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