A motion, physical or metaphorical, to avoid or dodge something.
Verb
(intransitive) To step to the side.
1955, Rex Stout, "Die Like a Dog", in , October 1994 edition, ISBN 0553249592, page 180:I ... knocked and waited. ... He sidestepped, and I went in.
(transitive) To avoid or dodge.They sidestepped the issue.
2011, October 1, Clive Lindsay, Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone, Kilmarnock ought to have taken the lead on the stroke of half-time when Hefferman set up Kroca and, although the defender neatly sidestepped his marker, he fired straight into the chest of Enckelman.
