transcription, транскрипция: [ saɪdstep ]
also side-step
( sidesteps, sidestepping, sidestepped)
1.
If you sidestep a problem, you avoid discussing it or dealing with it.
Rarely, if ever, does he sidestep a question...
He was trying to sidestep responsibility.
= avoid
VERB : V n , V n
2.
If you sidestep , you step sideways in order to avoid something or someone that is coming towards you or going to hit you.
As I sidestepped, the bottle hit me on the left hip...
He made a grab for her but she sidestepped him.
VERB : V , V n