SIDESTEP


Meaning of SIDESTEP in English

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

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