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Synonyms for sidestep


Grammar : Verb
Spell : sahyd-step
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaɪdˌstɛp

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Définition of sidestep

Origin :
  • also side-step, 1757, "a stepping to the side" (originally in military drill), from side (adj.) + step (n.). The verb is recorded from 1895; the figurative sense is attested from 1900.
  • verb dodge
Example sentences :
  • It took us all night to sidestep that outrage, but we did it.
  • Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch
  • He saw that Cheever was quicker than he at the feint and the sidestep.
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • When a man has anything somebody gets it before he can sidestep.
  • Extract from : « The Fighting Chance » by Robert W. Chambers
  • Maybe he could sidestep the lessons before she pinned him down.
  • Extract from : « The Southerner » by Thomas Dixon
  • Cautiously, prepared for a lunge or a sidestep, Kazan advanced a little.
  • Extract from : « Kazan » by James Oliver Curwood
  • And isn't it time for us to pull up short lest we sidestep the goal?
  • Extract from : « The House in Good Taste » by Elsie de Wolfe
  • Suppose they buck and pitch and sidestep and bawl and carry on?
  • Extract from : « Kindred of the Dust » by Peter B. Kyne
  • Am I to dance around here and sidestep and fence just for you to look on?
  • Extract from : « Judith of Blue Lake Ranch » by Jackson Gregory
  • The fact of the matter is that most individuals from any and every walk of life prefer to sidestep responsibility.
  • Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker
  • Your king of Kusiak has to learn some time that everybody isn't going to sidestep him and pussyfoot when he's around.
  • Extract from : « The Yukon Trail » by William MacLeod Raine

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