'sidestep' definitions:
Definition of 'sidestep'
From: WordNet
noun
A step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
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" [syn: hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep]
Synonyms of 'sidestep'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about the bush,
- around the bush,
- avert,
- avoid,
- back and fill,
- bear off,
- beat about,
- beat around,
- beg the question,
- bicker,
- blench,
- blink,
- boggle,
- burke,
- bypass,
- cavil,
- choplogic,
- circumvent,
- cringe,
- dodge,
- draw aside,
- draw back,
- duck,
- ease off,
- edge,
- edge off,
- equivocate,
- evade,
- evade the issue,
- fade,
- fall back,
- fence,
- flinch,
- fly off,
- gee,
- glance,
- glance off,
- go crabwise,
- go off,
- go sideways,
- hang back,
- haw,
- head off,
- hedge,
- hem and haw,
- hum and haw,
- jib,
- lateral,
- lateralize,
- make leeway,
- make way for,
- mince the truth,
- mince words,
- move aside,
- mystify,
- nitpick,
- obscure,
- palter,
- parry,
- pick nits,
- prevaricate,
- pull away,
- pull back,
- pussyfoot,
- put off,
- quail,
- quibble,
- recoil,
- reel back,
- retreat,
- sheer off,
- shift,
- shift off,
- shirk,
- shove aside,
- shrink,
- shrink back,
- shuffle,
- shun,
- shunt,
- shy,
- shy away,
- shy off,
- side,
- sideslip,
- sidetrack,
- sidle,
- skew,
- skid,
- skirt,
- split hairs,
- start aside,
- start back,
- steer clear of,
- step aside,
- swerve,
- switch,
- tergiversate,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn back,
- veer,
- veer off,
- waffle,
- ward off,
- weasel,
- weasel out,
- wince