side step

noun

1. a step to one side, as in dancing, skiing, or boxing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of side step¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Someone has said that the only guide a man requires in this world is to side-step wrong doing.

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Oh, much, added Grace, with a side step not indicated in the factory recreational programme.

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The skunk expected him and everything met to retreat promptly or side step and appeared to be surprised that this was not done.

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Usually it will be the outside man, and your game is to put him against his inside man or side-step him.

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If at order arms, the side step is executed at trail without command.

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