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sidestep
verb
(side-step)
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
Synonyms:
circumvent
,
dodge
,
duck
,
elude
,
evade
,
fudge
,
hedge
,
parry
, put off,
skirt
,
sidestep
noun
(side-step)
a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
Words Related to
sidestep
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circumvent
,
dodge
,
evade
,
elude
,
skirt
,
parry
,
duck
,
fudge
,
hedge
,
put off
,
avoid
,
ignore
,
escape
,
obviate
,
avert
,
shirk
,
bypass
,
overlook
,
finesse
,
deal
,
disregard
,
detour
,
by-pass
,
deflect
,
stymie
,
outflank
,
defuse
,
outmaneuver
,
negate
,
thwart
,
downplay
,
eschew
,
scuttle
,
forestall
,
grapple
,
nullify
,
elide
,
obfuscate
,
skirted
,
ease
,
wriggle
,
squelch
,
overcome
,
side step
,
insulate
,
distract
,
bypassing
,
quash
,
confound
,
undo
,
confuse
,
surmount
,
alleviate
,
prod
,
stifle
,
flummox
,
defy
,
enmesh
,
allay
,
outfox
,
transcend
,
resist
,
quell
,
shrug
,
preempt
,
undercut
,
banish
,
dispel
,
counteract
,
steer
,
neutralize
,
evadible
,
minimize
,
defang
,
evasible
,
scupper
,
embroil
,
hamstrung
,
eliminate
,
deny
,
solve
,
untangle
,
smother
,
navigate
,
disentangle
,
overshadow
,
handle
,
bamboozle
,
erase
,
complicate
,
analogize
,
mitigate
,
usurp
,
entangle
,
shoehorn
,
frustrate
,
invoke
,
assuage
,
resolve
,
stem
,
sidestep
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