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sidestep
[
sahyd
-step
]
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side·step
/
ˈsaɪdˌstɛp
/
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[
sahyd
-step
]
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verb,
side·stepped,
side·step·ping.
verb (used without object)
1.
to step to one side.
2.
to evade or avoid a
decision
, problem, or the like.
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verb (used with object)
3.
to avoid or dodge by stepping aside.
4.
to evade or avoid (a decision, problem, or the like).
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Origin:
1900–05,
Americanism
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side·step·per,
noun
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sidestep
(ˈsaɪdˌstɛp)
—
vb
,
-steps
,
-stepping
,
-stepped
1.
to step aside from or out of the way of (something)
2.
(
tr
) to dodge or circumvent
—
n
3.
a movement to one side, as in dancing, boxing, etc
'sidestepper
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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Word Origin & History
sidestep
1789, from
side
(adj.) +
step
(n.). The verb is recorded from 1901; the fig. sense is attested from 1911.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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