Associations to the word «Sidestep»
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Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
SIDESTEP, noun. A step to the side.
SIDESTEP, noun. A motion, physical or metaphorical, to avoid or dodge something.
SIDESTEP, verb. (intransitive) To step to the side.
SIDESTEP, verb. (transitive) To avoid or dodge.
Dictionary definition
SIDESTEP, noun. A step to one side (as in boxing or dancing).
SIDESTEP, verb. Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.