What does sidestep mean?
Definitions for sidestep
ˈsaɪdˌstɛpside·step
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Princeton's WordNet
sidestepverb
a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestepverb
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"
Wiktionary
sidestepnoun
A step to the side.
sidestepnoun
A motion, physical or metaphorical, to avoid or dodge something.
sidestepverb
To step to the side.
sidestepverb
To avoid or dodge.
Etymology: *From side + step
ChatGPT
sidestep
Sidestep generally refers to avoiding or evading something by using a clever or subtle maneuver. It can also refer to a literal step to the side, often used in various dances or sports to move quickly off the line of movement.
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SideStep
SideStep is a metasearch engine for travel which makes money through advertising and referral fees. It searches more than 200 websites looking for the best travel deals.SideStep has recently been aggressive in building up its offerings. They acquired TripUp (a social network focused on travel) and TravelPost.com (a hotel ratings site) with the goal of becoming “the leader in online travel related information.” In addition, they have launched two Facebook applications. The Trips Facebook application provides a trip planning service that currently has over 150,000 users. The Extended Info application allows users to add fields and categories of their own choice to a Facebook profile. SideStep is also developing a Facebook App for TripUp that should be launched later in the year.SideStep was acquired in December 2007 by their nearest competitor Kayak for roughly $180,000,000.Other popular travel metasearch sites and SideStep competitors include Cheapflights, Farechase, Mobissimo and Qixo.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sidestep in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sidestep in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of sidestep in a Sentence
Don't lie and say that you don't have enough money on you to sidestep a meltdown.
Much the same could be true right now about the escalation of tariffs (and) with time, investors have managed to sidestep them and returned to the familiarity of focusing on the data, which in the case of the U.S. economy, still looks good.
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