0 the action of cleverly doing everything you can in order to succeed, or to avoid a situation, even when this may not be completely acceptable or honest:
He was well known for his ducking and diving under any sort of pressure.
Sometimes, when there's not even a royal scandal to fill the empty pages, a reporter needs to do a little ducking and diving.
She didn't object to a bit of ducking and diving, but her son's gangster activities were too much.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
ducking and diving