sidestep
a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
• Topics:
boxing, pugilism, fisticuffs, dancing, dance,
terpsichore, saltation
• Hypernyms:
step
avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) (Freq. 3)
- He dodged the issue
- she skirted the problem
- They tend to evade their responsibilities
- he evaded the questions skillfully
• Syn:
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent,
parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck
• Derivationally related forms:
dodge (for: dodge), dodger (for: dodge), dodging (for: dodge), circumvention (for: circumvent), evasion (for: evade), hedge (for: hedge), hedger (for: hedge), hedging (for: hedge)
• Hypernyms:
avoid
• Hyponyms:
beg, quibble
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
|
|
