Definizione monolingua

sidestep

sidestep (third-person singular simple present sidesteps, present participle sidestepping, simple past and past participle sidestepped)

1. (intransitive) To step to the side.
   • 1955, Rex Stout, ""Die Like a Dog"", in Three Witnesses, October 1994 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 180:

     I […] knocked and waited. […] He sidestepped, and I went in.

2. (transitive) To avoid or dodge.

   They sidestepped the issue.

   • 2011 October 1, Clive Lindsay, “Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone”, BBC Sport:

     Kilmarnock ought to have taken the lead on the stroke of half-time when Hefferman set up Kroca and, although the defender neatly sidestepped his marker, he fired straight into the chest of Enckelman.

sidestep (plural sidesteps)

1. A step to the side.
2. A motion, physical or metaphorical, to avoid or dodge something.

Definizione dizionario sidestep

evitare

adornare

decorare

eludere

scansare

Altri significati:

sidestep (an issue)

A motion, physical or metaphorical, to avoid or dodge something.

(intransitive) To step to the side.

(transitive) To avoid or dodge.

A step to the side.