sidestep
English
Etymology
From side + step.
Noun
sidestep (plural sidesteps)
- A step to the side.
- A motion, physical or metaphorical, to avoid or dodge something.
Verb
sidestep (third-person singular simple present sidesteps, present participle sidestepping, simple past and past participle sidestepped)
- (intransitive) To step to the side.
- 1955, Rex Stout, "Die Like a Dog", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 180:
- I […] knocked and waited. […] He sidestepped, and I went in.
- 1955, Rex Stout, "Die Like a Dog", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, →ISBN, page 180:
- (transitive) To avoid or dodge.
- They sidestepped the issue.
- 2011 October 1, Clive Lindsay, “Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone”, in BBC Sport:
- Kilmarnock ought to have taken the lead on the stroke of half-time when Hefferman set up Kroca and, although the defender neatly sidestepped his marker, he fired straight into the chest of Enckelman.
Translations
avoid or dodge
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Anagrams
- despites, seed pits, stepside