SIDESTEP as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
   
   Hypernyms(s) sidestep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • step (what does step mean?)

SIDESTEP as VERB

1. Meaning
   • avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
   
   Synonym(s)
   • circumvent (what does circumvent mean?)
   • dodge (what does dodge mean?)
   • duck (what does duck mean?)
   • elude (what does elude mean?)
   • evade (what does evade mean?)
   • fudge (what does fudge mean?)
   • hedge (what does hedge mean?)
   • parry (what does parry mean?)
   • put off (what does put off mean?)
   • skirt (what does skirt mean?)
   
   Usage Example(s)
   • He dodged the issue
   • she skirted the problem
   • They tend to evade their responsibilities
   • he evaded the questions skillfully
   
   Hypernyms(s) sidestep is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • avoid (what does avoid mean?)
   
   Hyponym(s)
   • quibble (what does quibble mean?)
   
   Derived(s)
   • dodge (what does dodge mean?)
   • dodging (what does dodging mean?)
   • scheme (what does scheme mean?)
   • dodger (what does dodger mean?)
   • fox (what does fox mean?)
   • slyboots (what does slyboots mean?)
   • avoidance (what does avoidance mean?)
   • turning away (what does turning away mean?)
   • shunning (what does shunning mean?)
   • dodging (what does dodging mean?)
   • evasion (what does evasion mean?)
   • escape (what does escape mean?)
   • dodging (what does dodging mean?)
   • circumvention (what does circumvention mean?)
   • evasion (what does evasion mean?)
   • escape (what does escape mean?)
   • dodging (what does dodging mean?)
   • hedge (what does hedge mean?)
   • hedging (what does hedging mean?)
   • hedger (what does hedger mean?)
   • equivocator (what does equivocator mean?)
   • hedge (what does hedge mean?)
   • hedging (what does hedging mean?)