duck a question

He ducked a question about whether a final agreement could be reached by next week.

He'd dealt with enough cadets to know when someone was trying to figure how to duck a question, so he cut in quickly.

He even showed his mastery of the news conference's finest art: ducking a question.

Hi Paul - sorry you feel I've ducked a question.

Mr. Bush ducked a question about his views on Roe in the third debate.

But he ducked a question on Tuesday about whether the midterm elections were a referendum on the Bush administration.

He ducked a question as to whether Mr. Clinton: "would accept any increase in the Medicare premium at all."

Indeed, the Fed chairman suggested today in ducking a question about various tax proposals that he thought he would have ample future opportunity to expound.

He also ducked a question on why Roy won't play for Team Canada in the World Cup.

Mr. Mandela steps before the reporters and ducks a question about whether he will attend the Shaka Day ceremony.

But he also ducked a question from reporters Friday on whether his confidence about becoming president was so great that he was ready to resign as governor.

Education secretary Michael Gove has ducked a question in the Commons on whether his officials have destroyed private emails discussing government business.

He could also manage the innuendo method, since he's perfectly comfortable ducking a question by explaining what Bush did wrong instead of what he would do right.

Yashin ducked a question about Laviolette, but Osgood, a quiet leader who has also been on two Stanley Cup winners, did not.

Often it is used as an excuse for an inability to clearly define: to say, "That's complicated," is to duck a question or to cover up ignorance of detail.

Peter Verniero, the Governor's gifted, absurdly young chief of staff, never ducked a question, never hid behind the anonymous quote, never gave away a secret.

Mr. Bloomberg later returned the favor, ducking a question about a presidential run by saying that Mr. Villaraigosa "would be a great president" in 2008.

He has to know enough about the city and the candidates to catch them when they duck a question or fabricate an answer and not be too polite to mention it.

After Mr. Clinton ducked a question about his willingness to provide grand jury testimony in the intern investigation, Mr. Annan scolded a reporter.

It means "a noun that is formed from a verb and ends in -ing"; in the sentence Ducking a question is easy, the gerund is ducking.

Ducking a Question He said at the very end of the broadcast that he planned many such appearances, and he ducked a question about formal news conferences in the future.

The president ducked a question about Mr. Powell's future, telling reporters in the Oval Office today, "I'm proud of my secretary of state - he's done a heck of a good job."

He may duck a question, but at least he hears the questioner out instead of turning on his heel and making for the safe cocoon of a Secret Service limousine or hotel holding room.

Mr. Wagner, who was once a deputy mayor in the Koch administration and is now president of the Board of Education, ducked a question about his personal choice in the mayoral race.