Synonyms for sidestep

Grammar : Verb

Spell : sahyd-step

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaɪdˌstɛp

Top 10 synonyms for sidestep

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Définition of sidestep

Origin : also side-step, 1757, "a stepping to the side" (originally in military drill), from side (adj.) + step (n.). The verb is recorded from 1895; the figurative sense is attested from 1900.

verb dodge

Example sentences :

It took us all night to sidestep that outrage, but we did it.
Extract from : « At Good Old Siwash » by George Fitch

He saw that Cheever was quicker than he at the feint and the sidestep.
Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes

When a man has anything somebody gets it before he can sidestep.
Extract from : « The Fighting Chance » by Robert W. Chambers

Maybe he could sidestep the lessons before she pinned him down.
Extract from : « The Southerner » by Thomas Dixon

Cautiously, prepared for a lunge or a sidestep, Kazan advanced a little.
Extract from : « Kazan » by James Oliver Curwood

And isn't it time for us to pull up short lest we sidestep the goal?
Extract from : « The House in Good Taste » by Elsie de Wolfe

Suppose they buck and pitch and sidestep and bawl and carry on?
Extract from : « Kindred of the Dust » by Peter B. Kyne

Am I to dance around here and sidestep and fence just for you to look on?
Extract from : « Judith of Blue Lake Ranch » by Jackson Gregory

The fact of the matter is that most individuals from any and every walk of life prefer to sidestep responsibility.
Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker

Your king of Kusiak has to learn some time that everybody isn't going to sidestep him and pussyfoot when he's around.
Extract from : « The Yukon Trail » by William MacLeod Raine

Antonyms for sidestep

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