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Sidestep   /sˈaɪdstˌɛp/   Listen
Sidestep

noun
1.
A step to one side (as in boxing or dancing).
verb
1.
Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).  Synonyms: circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, skirt.  "She skirted the problem" , "They tend to evade their responsibilities" , "He evaded the questions skillfully"





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"Sidestep" Quotes from Famous Books



... mercy talk, Scotty. And don't try to bring Belle into this. If it comes to a showdown, lemme advise you, you'd better sidestep Belle. The grief would all be yourn, if you and Belle lock horns, and ...
— Rim o' the World • B. M. Bower
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... something to be said for the streets," Freddie admitted. "If a woman don't intend to make sporting her life business, she don't want to get up among the swells of the profession, where she'd become known and find it hard to sidestep. Still, even in the street you ought to make a hundred, easy—and not go with any man that doesn't ...
— Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise • David Graham Phillips
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... progress of that mournful meal his discomfort was vastly increased by the sudden reflection that he was now confronted with a most disagreeable necessity. He bit his lip and frowned, strongly tempted deliberately to sidestep ...
— The Monk of Hambleton • Armstrong Livingston
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... you can be a success without knowin' it, so if you been a failure all your life accordin' to your own dope, cheer up. But when you get up to the top where you can look down at all these other guys tryin' to sidestep the banana peels of life and climb up with you, knock off thinkin' what a big guy you are for a minute and give ten minutes to thinkin' what a tough time you had gettin' there. Give five minutes more to ruminatin' on how long the mob ...
— Kid Scanlan • H. C. Witwer
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... side of the head with a wild left swing, and Phillips found the big man's foot in the way when he tried to sidestep. He lost his balance, but kept his grasp on the other so that they went down together, thrashing about for some opening. Brecken was red-faced with a maniacal rage. Beads of saliva sprayed from his twisted ...
— This World Must Die! • Horace Brown Fyfe
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