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sidestep definition

☆ side·step (-step′)

transitive verb sidestepped -·stepped′, sidestepping -·step′·ping

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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