SIDESTEP in a Sentence

Learn SIDESTEP from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
Example sentences for SIDESTEP, such as:
1. Rarely, if ever, does he sidestep a question.
2. Please use that program to sidestep certain linking problems.
3. She lunged for him, swift as a cat, but with a light startled movement, he sidestepped, throwing up his arm to ward her off.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SIDESTEP
sidestep
 v.  avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues)
 n.  a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
Classic Sentence:
1  She lunged for him, swift as a cat, but with a light startled movement, he sidestepped, throwing up his arm to ward her off.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LVI
Example Sentence:
1  Please use that program to sidestep certain linking problems.
2  Rarely, if ever, does he sidestep a question.