side´-step´per

side´-step´per
1. a step or stepping to one side.
2. a step at the side, as of a ship or vehicle.
side-step «SYD STEHP», transitive verb, intransitive verb, -stepped, -step|ping.
1. to step aside: »

to side-step in order to avoid a blow.

2. Figurative. avoid by or as if by stepping aside; evade: »

to side-step a punch, to side-step a responsibility.

side´-step´per, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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