Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To step aside: sidestepped to make way for the runner.
- v. To dodge an issue or a responsibility.
- v. To step out of the way of.
- v. To evade; skirt: sidestep a difficult question.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To take a sidestep; step to one side.
Wiktionary
- n. A step to the side.
- n. A motion, physical or metaphorical, to avoid or dodge something.
- v. intransitive To step to the side.
- v. transitive To avoid or dodge.
WordNet 3.0
- v. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
- n. a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
Examples
“The one who piqued my interest the most was Stefan Polich, the president of Minerva company: there is a short chapter around the middle of the book that that showcases KENYON's brilliant grasp of human character (but this is sadly the only example of it in this book) and I'd ironically - since this is a sidestep from the main storyline - call it the highlight of BoTS.”
“And then really the last option, which some Republicans call the nuclear option, Heidi, would be to kind of sidestep Senate rules and instead of going for those 60 votes, to instead go for a simple majority of 51.”
“He tried to kind of sidestep it and put Tom Ridge in the White House as an adviser, not Cabinet appointed, not Senate confirmed, no testimony, and no budget.”
“Somebody would make a to-do out of that, and I think that would be unfortunate and it would kind of sidestep what the real issues are.”
“What if I can say -- I think Barbara and Cynthia continue to kind of sidestep this point about the legal advice that someone gets.”
“I don't think conservatives and their anti-choice activist allies should be given a pass and permitted to "sidestep" this debate," she writes.”
“NYTimes. com: FTC's journalism study could 'sidestep' making recommendations”
“Obviously, this technique, called "sidestep" or "cha-cha" 3D, only works for subjects that are not in motion.”
“Although outdated gold coins are mainly collected for their numismatic value, gold bullion coins now gain their measure by the metal (gold) substance - and in and of itself are regarded by a lot of investors as a "sidestep" against rising prices or a fund of economic value.”
“So, today on Technology Deathmatch, I move from hardware to, well, non-hardware in the kind of sidestep to left you'd expect watching Knightmare, only this time we've a much better chance of actually getting somewhere.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘sidestep’.
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Fight scene words
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all sides
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Duck!
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, or quacks like a duck, then you should probably list it here.
duck, Duck, turducken, duckling, duck tape, Mallard, rubber duckie, Daffy Duck, Donald Duck, lame duck, ducky, ducks and 95 more...
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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hasty amateur manufacture
fudging it
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Vocab++
Words as I learn them.
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stpeter's Words
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Tuesday words
just the next words that come along
nasality, transignification, lapsarian, disciple, slanguage, atwitter, avast, ahoy, asleep, awake, hymnody, glissade and 573 more...
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SAT PSAT ALPHABETICAL S
saccharine, sacerdotal, sacrilegious, saga, sagacity, salacious, salient, saline, salivate, salutary, salvo, sanctimonious and 156 more...
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Sat Vocabulary List
abandon, abash, abate, abjure, ablution, abnegate, abominable, aboriginal, abortive, abrade, abridge, abrogate and 2155 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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