"sidestep" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From side + step.",
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        "A step to the side."
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        "A physical motion or metaphorical act to avoid or dodge something."
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      "form": "sidestepped",
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          "ref": "1955 October, Rex Stout, “Die Like a Dog”, in Three Witnesses, Bantam, published 1994, page 180",
          "text": "I […] knocked and waited. […] He sidestepped, and I went in.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2011 October 1, Clive Lindsay, “Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "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.",
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        "To step to the side."
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        "(intransitive) To step to the side."
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          "roman": "otstǎpvam nastrani",
          "sense": "to step to the side",
          "word": "отстъпвам настрани"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to step to the side",
          "word": "ausweichen"
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to step to the side",
          "topics": [
            "football",
            "ball-games",
            "games",
            "sports",
            "hobbies",
            "lifestyle"
          ],
          "word": "ausspielen"
        },
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          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to step to the side",
          "word": "ochrgamu"
        }
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          "text": "They sidestepped the issue.",
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          "ref": "1960 November, “Talking of Trains: That engine change at Crewe”, in Trains Illustrated, page 641",
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        "(transitive, figurative) To avoid or dodge."
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          "roman": "stranja",
          "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
          "word": "страня"
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          "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
          "word": "ausweichen"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
          "word": "vermeiden"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
          "word": "eludere"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
          "word": "wheta"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
          "word": "karo"
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          "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
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        "A step to the side."
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        },
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          "ref": "2011 October 1, Clive Lindsay, “Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "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.",
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        "To step to the side."
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        "(intransitive) To step to the side."
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          "text": "It was noticeable that he sidestepped questions about continuation south of Crewe, on the grounds that he must await the report of Sir Ivan Stedeford's Advisory Group.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To avoid or dodge."
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        "(transitive, figurative) To avoid or dodge."
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otstǎpvam nastrani",
      "sense": "to step to the side",
      "word": "отстъпвам настрани"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to step to the side",
      "word": "ausweichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to step to the side",
      "topics": [
        "football",
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "ausspielen"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to step to the side",
      "word": "ochrgamu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stranja",
      "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
      "word": "страня"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izbjagvam",
      "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
      "word": "избягвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
      "word": "ausweichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
      "word": "vermeiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
      "word": "eludere"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
      "word": "wheta"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
      "word": "karo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "(figurative) to avoid or dodge",
      "word": "ochrgamu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sidestep"
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