verb (-pp-)
1 [VN] to avoid answering a question or dealing with a problem:
Did you notice how she neatly sidestepped the question? * He sidestepped the issue by saying it was not his responsibility.
2 to avoid sth, for example being hit, by stepping to one side:
[VN] He cleverly sidestepped the tackle. [also V]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for sidestep is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does sidestep appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — sidestep appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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