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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a sidestep" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an action that avoids a direct approach or a deviation from a main topic or issue.
Example: "In his speech, he took a sidestep to address the concerns of the audience without directly answering the question."
Alternatives: "a detour" or "a workaround".
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This is, perhaps, too neat a sidestep.
Two minutes later, Skrela unlocked the defense with a sidestep and scored.
It's a very good time for us to take a sidestep and keep it going".
"Yeah, look, that's well above me," he says with a sidestep.
If not a fan dance, it was at the least a sidestep.
Habana sped by Hibbard, then cut the other way past George North, passing him with a sidestep and a smile.
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Governance beyond the state entails a dissimulation of conflicts, a sidestepping of deadlocks and a sensitivity to compromise.
A sidestepping of federal record-keeping requirements that culminates in the release of the same records as an "October surprise"—poetic justice, maybe.
Lower extremity kinematic, kinetic and EMG data of subjects performing a sidestep-cutting manoeuvre in the laboratory will be analysed.
Regulators are warned to get out of the way of competition, like a matador sidestepping a charging bull.
Still, turning to a younger nominee may be a symbolic sidestep for Republicans.
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