The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word DODGE
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result DODGE
- Avoid Santa Fe Trail city
- Get out of a car
- Magistrate seizes duke in quick move
- Stratagem old magistrate employed to trap duke
- Daughter feeding magistrate’s duck
- Avoid Venetian magistrate imprisoning daughter
- Avoid old magistrate after pocketing diamonds
- Avoid Italian magistrate imprisoning daughter
- Being imprisoned by magistrate, day to avoid
- Wheeze, but get round
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The straight part
We know that "Get out of/a car" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case get out of/a car = dodge.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DODGE mean?
DODGE noun- An act of dodging.
- A trick, evasion or wile.
- A line of work.
- To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- To avoid; to sidestep.
- To go hither and thither.
- (videography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn).
- To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
- To trick somebody.
- Dodgy