Definition of "evasive action" []

• An action aimed at evading an opponent (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The peeve had to take immediate evasive action to avoid losing some tail-feathers."
• "They had started to take evasive action by diving, accelerating and turning when they first spotted the Migs, but the Mig-21 is most maneuver-able, and it is fast."