sidestep

Speech parts

1. sidestep - Noun

2. sidestep - Verb

Meaning

avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)

a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

dodge parry duck fudge hedge evade circumvent skirt elude miss burke juke stonewall jinks dod
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Antonyms

approach bear face meet encounter undergo
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Hypernyms

avoid step

Hyponyms

quibble beg

Phrases with the word

sidestep the issue

Derivatives

sidestepped sidestepping

Anagrams

stepside

Examples

Writing in other voices is almost Japanese in the sense that there's a certain formality there which allows me to sidestep the embarrassment of directly expressing to complete strangers the most intimate details of my life. Suzanne Vega

I didn't want to fall into the trap of competing with all these other great guitar players. I just want to sidestep the whole thing and get out of the race. Kirk Hammett

Who wins at the end of the day? The self-satisfied people who heatedly debate some obscure details? Or the people who sidestep the entire debate and get started? Ramit Sethi

He dodged the issue Source: Internet

she skirted the problem Source: Internet

They tend to evade their responsibilities Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

sidesplitting sidesplittingly sidestall sidestep the issue sidestepped sidestepper