sidestep

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Noun

sidestep (plural sidesteps)

1. A step to the side.
2. A motion, physical or metaphorical, to avoid or dodge something.

Verb

sidestep (sidesteps, present participle sidestepping; past and past participle sidestepped)

1. (intransitive) To step to the side.
   • 1955, Rex Stout, "Die Like a Dog", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 180:

     I […] knocked and waited. […] He sidestepped, and I went in.

2. (transitive) To avoid or dodge.

   They sidestepped the issue.

Translations

• Italian: eludere

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