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side⋅step

  [sahyd-step] verb, -stepped, -step⋅ping.
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–verb (used without object)
1. to step to one side.
2. to evade or avoid a decision, problem, or the like.
–verb (used with object)
3. to avoid or dodge by stepping aside.
4. to evade or avoid (a decision, problem, or the like).
Origin:
1900–05, Americanism

Related forms:
sidestepper, noun
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side·step   (sīd'stěp')   
v.   side·stepped, side·step·ping, side·steps

v.   intr.
  1. To step aside: sidestepped to make way for the runner.
  2. To dodge an issue or a responsibility.
v.   tr.
  1. To step out of the way of.
  2. To evade; skirt: sidestep a difficult question.
side'step'per n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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sidestep  (n.)
1789, from side (adj.) + step (n.). The verb is recorded from 1901; the fig. sense is attested from 1911.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : sidestep
Spanish: esquivar,
German: ausweichen,
Japanese: 横へ寄る
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