sidestep
🇺🇸
/ˈsaɪdstep/
🇬🇧
/ˈsaɪdstep/
verb
R
To not answer a question or deal with a problem by avoiding it.
Did you notice how she neatly sidestepped the question?
R
To move out of the way to avoid being hit or to avoid something.
He cleverly sidestepped the tackle.
translation
To not answer a question or deal with a problem by avoiding it.; To move out of the way to avoid being hit or to avoid something.
Word Forms
3rd Present
sidesteps
Past
sidestepped
Perfect
sidestepped
Progressive
sidestepping