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sidestepping

vb. (present participle of sidestep English)

WordNet
sidestep
  1. n. a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)

  2. v. avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); "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]

  3. [also: sidestepping, sidestepped]

sidestepping

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Usage examples of "sidestepping".

Then they went through the sidestepping demonstration with the others.

They took small steps, and followed the two women into the sidestepping aisle.

Cory and Tessa formed their sidestepping aisle, then brought the others in.

Then they retreated to sidestepping to nullify the change, and emerged to fly on to the next.

They hastily returned to the sidestepping aisle, and were friends again.

She hurried ahead, sidestepping from case to case, to an archway in the far wall that led on into a series of smaller vaults.

Sidestepping quickly, the one-eyed warrior delivered a roundhouse kick to his belly.

At first he was reluctant to set his feet, which landed like steam hammers, on the pseudo-skeletons, but sidestepping them proved as futile as it was troublesome.

Sidestepping the pool of vomit on the pavement, I covered Unibrow again with the poncho, lowered the tailgate, and climbed in next to Aaron, ignoring what had just happened even though I could smell it on his breath.