Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A stepping to one side or sidewise.
- noun Something to step on in going up or down the side or at the side of anything.
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Examples
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Q has become quite the little dancer – he has started to side-step (not sure where he learned that).
Music….makes the little people….come together « Bored Mommy 2009
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His second reason was to encourage the President to side-step the, "do-nothing Congress," and use every power at his disposal to create jobs himself.
Adam Lioz: Fair Share Feed... Direct from Occupy K Street in Washington, D.C. Adam Lioz 2011
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I'm not saying those are the only reasons Obama was elected, but for too many white people who cast the deciding votes, I believe the hope that we could simply side-step racism and Just Be Together made Obama someone they voted for.
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Same-sex benefits cases at the tribunal level started to side-step the stance taken by the Supreme Court, and by the late 90′s the Court started to agree with them.
Withler We Go From Here: The Future of Pension Reform : Law is Cool 2009
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Watch and listen as in slow motion, for the events calling you out to side-step from your ego and become all you were meant to be.
Denise M. Wilbanks: A Conscious Shift for 2012 Denise M. Wilbanks 2012
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I'm not saying those are the only reasons Obama was elected, but for too many white people who cast the deciding votes, I believe the hope that we could simply side-step racism and Just Be Together made Obama someone they voted for.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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We'd also run and tackle in the sea, so you could really smash people and avoiding rocks taught us to side-step.
How to Stop the Tuilagi Train? Jonathan Clegg 2011
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Thus contemporary architects such as Shigeru Ban, Bryan Bell in the tradition of Samuel Mockbee, Anselmo Canfora, Teddy Cruz, Walter Hood, Sergio Palleroni and Cameron Sinclair have sought to side-step this problem by seeking patronage elsewhere: among the communities they hope to serve.
Ideology Through Geometry Cammy Brothers 2011
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Those fears could yet give activist investors enough leverage to replace the board if Yahoo continues to side-step a sale.
Deal or No Deal for Yahoo Rolfe Winkler 2011
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Watch and listen as in slow motion, for the events calling you out to side-step from your ego and become all you were meant to be.
Denise M. Wilbanks: A Conscious Shift for 2012 Denise M. Wilbanks 2012
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