First example of mother catching a daughter’s dodge (5)
I believe the answer is:
evade
'dodge' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'first example of mother catching a daughter's' is the wordplay.
'first example' becomes 'e' (vst letter of 'example').
'of mother' becomes 'vae' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'catching' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a daughter' becomes 'd' (genealogical abbreviation).
'vae' going around 'd' is 'vade'.
'e'+'vade'='EVADE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for evade that I've seen before include "Dodge, stay clear of" , "Hedge" , "Fail to pay" , "temptress conveying commercial message" , "Sidestep" .)