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Sidestep is to avoid something by going around it or by not discussing it.

(verb)

An example of sidestep is when there is a pot hole in the street and you drive around it.
When your friend asks if you like her new boyfriend and you comment that if she's happy, you're happy (instead of actual answering the question), this is an example of how to sidestep of the question.

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See sidestep in Webster's New World College Dictionary

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transitive verb sidestepped, sidestepping

to avoid by or as by stepping aside; dodge: to sidestep a difficulty

intransitive verb

to step to one side; take a side step or side steps

See sidestep in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb side·stepped, side·step·ping, side·steps

verb, intransitive

To step aside: sidestepped to make way for the runner.
To dodge an issue or a responsibility.

verb, transitive

To step out of the way of.
To evade; skirt: sidestep a difficult question.

Related Forms:

sideˈstepˌper noun

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