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Discover LudwigThe phrase "side steps" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to describe actions that avoid or circumvent a direct approach to a problem or situation. Example: "In his speech, he side steps the controversial issues to focus on more agreeable topics."
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At his side steps Alice, a naive young assistant, fresh out of a Scottish fishing village.
The Pro-4X model tested with its 10.6 inches of ground clearance comes without side steps.
Her mother was sitting on the side steps, but surely she couldn't have heard.
On the practical side, steps can be taken to cut expenses.
As each side steps up its activities, the other feels more threatened and hardens its response in turn.
From College Walk (the pedestrian boulevard corresponding to W. 116th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue), go up the left (west) side steps of Low Plaza.
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Servant leaders side step that failing.
Use of parthenogenetic lines could side step moral issues.
Rapid, forceful exercises like hopping and side stepping help to build power.
But the museum's side step to upbeat theatricality doesn't feel arbitrary.
Is this a good way of addressing the problem, or a side step?
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