also side-step
(sidesteps, sidestepping, sidestepped)
1.
If you sidestep a problem, you avoid discussing it or dealing with it.
Rarely, if ever, does he sidestep a question...
He was trying to sidestep responsibility.
= avoid
VERB: V n, V n
2.
If you sidestep, you step sideways in order to avoid something or someone that is coming towards you or going to hit you.
As I sidestepped, the bottle hit me on the left hip...
He made a grab for her but she sidestepped him.
VERB: V, V n