Definitions for sidestep

sidestep side·step

Spelling: [sahyd-step]
IPA: /ˈsaɪdˌstɛp/

Sidestep is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 224 anagrams from letters in sidestep (deeipsst).

Definitions for sidestep

verb (used with object)

  1. to avoid or dodge by stepping aside.
  2. to evade or avoid (a decision, problem, or the like).

verb (used without object)

  1. to step to one side.
  2. to evade or avoid a decision, problem, or the like.

Origin of sidestep

An Americanism dating back to 1900-05

Examples for sidestep

He saw that Cheever was quicker than he at the feint and the sidestep.

sidestep snobby French cab drivers by hiring an iPad-toting chauffeur-driven car.

Maybe he could sidestep the lessons before she pinned him down.

The only question now is whether Boehner has the onions to sidestep the radicals.

Cautiously, prepared for a lunge or a sidestep, Kazan advanced a little.

Justice Thurgood Marshall saw this sidestep for what it was.

But Pragnell is hoping Casa Bruja will sidestep the trend's downturn.

It took us all night to sidestep that outrage, but we did it.

When a man has anything somebody gets it before he can sidestep.

A man appears to sidestep Graham as she walks by, then begins to follow her.

Word Value for sidestep
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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