sidestep
IPA: sˈaɪdstɛp
noun
- A step to the side.
- A physical motion or metaphorical act to avoid or dodge something.
verb
- (intransitive) To step to the side.
- (transitive, figurative) To avoid or dodge.
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Examples of "sidestep" in Sentences
- That neatly sidesteps the issue.
- Why is he trying to sidestep the issue
- If we can sidestep the issue, all the better.
- I also tried to sidestep the issues of consciousness.
- This was a way for the Supremes to sidestep the issue.
- The court did not sidestep the Lemon test in that case.
- The best way to solve the issue is to sidestep charged qualifiers.
- In fact he had sidestepped out of answering some of the questions.
- The ambiguousity of the definition ID allows it to sidestep attacks.
- Second, can the church really sidestep the problem of historical fact
- NYTimes. com: FTC's journalism study could 'sidestep' making recommendations
- What if I can say -- I think Barbara and Cynthia continue to kind of sidestep this point about the legal advice that someone gets.
- Somebody would make a to-do out of that, and I think that would be unfortunate and it would kind of sidestep what the real issues are.
- "I don't think conservatives and their anti-choice activist allies should be given a pass and permitted to "sidestep" this debate," she writes.
- He tried to kind of sidestep it and put Tom Ridge in the White House as an adviser, not Cabinet appointed, not Senate confirmed, no testimony, and no budget.
- And then really the last option, which some Republicans call the nuclear option, Heidi, would be to kind of sidestep Senate rules and instead of going for those 60 votes, to instead go for a simple majority of 51.
- The one who piqued my interest the most was Stefan Polich, the president of Minerva company: there is a short chapter around the middle of the book that that showcases KENYON's brilliant grasp of human character (but this is sadly the only example of it in this book) and I'd ironically - since this is a sidestep from the main storyline - call it the highlight of BoTS.
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