sidestep

sidestep
Synonyms and related words:
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

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  • Sidestep — may refer to:* Strafing, stepping to the side * SideStep, a travel Internet search engine …   Wikipedia

  • sidestep — ☆ sidestep [sīd′step΄ ] vt. sidestepped, sidestepping to avoid by or as by stepping aside; dodge [to sidestep a difficulty] vi. to step to one side; take a side step or side steps …   English World dictionary

  • sidestep — index avoidance (evasion), detour, digress, digression, parry Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • sidestep — (n.) 1789, from SIDE (Cf. side) (adj.) + STEP (Cf. step) (n.). The verb is recorded from 1901; the fig. sense is attested from 1911 …   Etymology dictionary

  • sidestep — vb *dodge, parry, shirk, duck, fence, malinger Analogous words: avoid, evade, elude, shun (see ESCAPE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • sidestep — [v] dodge avoid, bypass, dance around*, ditch, duck, elude, escape, evade, fudge*, get around, get out of, give the slip*, go around, juke, pussyfoot*, put the move on*, shake, shake off*, shirk, skip out on*, skirt, weasel*; concepts 59,102 …   New thesaurus

  • sidestep — ► VERB (sidestepped, sidestepping) 1) avoid by stepping sideways. 2) avoid dealing with or discussing. ► NOUN ▪ an instance of sidestepping …   English terms dictionary

  • SideStep — Infobox Company company name = SideStep Inc. company company type = Private company slogan = The traveler s search engine foundation = Palo Alto, California, USA (1999) location = Santa Clara, California, USA industry = Travel Metasearch key… …   Wikipedia

  • sidestep — UK [ˈsaɪdˌstep] / US verb Word forms sidestep : present tense I/you/we/they sidestep he/she/it sidesteps present participle sidestepping past tense sidestepped past participle sidestepped 1) [transitive] to avoid something difficult or unpleasant …   English dictionary

  • sidestep — [[t]sa͟ɪdstep[/t]] sidesteps, sidestepping, sidestepped also side step 1) VERB If you sidestep a problem, you avoid discussing it or dealing with it. [V n] Rarely, if ever, does he sidestep a question... [V n] He was trying to sidestep… …   English dictionary

  • sidestep — Date: 1900 transitive verb 1. bypass, evade < sidestep a question > 2. to move out of the way of ; avoid < sidestep a blow > intransitive verb 1. to take a side step 2. to avoid an issue or decision • …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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