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/sˈaɪdstˌɛp/ Listen

Sidestep

verb

Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues). Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, skirt. "She skirted the problem" , "They tend to evade their responsibilities" , "He evaded the questions skillfully"

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"Sidestep" Quotes from Famous Books

... that invented writin' must 'a' been tongue-tied or had sore throat some time when he wanted to talk awful bad. My langwidge ain't broke to pull no city rig—or no hearse. She's got to have the road and plenty room to sidestep. ...

— Jim Waring of Sonora-Town - Tang of Life • Knibbs, Henry Herbert

... side of the head with a wild left swing, and Phillips found the big man's foot in the way when he tried to sidestep. He lost his balance, but kept his grasp on the other so that they went down together, thrashing about for some opening. Brecken was red-faced with a maniacal rage. Beads of saliva sprayed from his twisted ...

— This World Must Die! • Horace Brown Fyfe

... hears her remark as she watches Bobbie and Marjorie sidestep her and go meanderin' off down a path to ...

— Odd Numbers - Being Further Chronicles of Shorty McCabe • Sewell Ford

Words linked to "Sidestep" : pugilism, fisticuffs, dodge, saltation, step, beg, dance, duck, quibble, terpsichore, avoid, dancing, boxing