Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
side step ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a step to one side, as in dancing, skiing, or boxing.
Origin of side step First recorded in 1840–50 Examples from the Web for side step Historical Examples of side step
In his room Honey Tone made a final effort to side-step the escort.
Hugh Wiley
On the contrary, I fancied I discerned an inclination to avoid, to “side-step” it.
Lewis R. Freeman
When I’m out for peaches, Edwards, I side-step the under-ripe persimmons.
John Milton Edwards
One side-step into blackness and he might have been a mile away.
Talbot Mundy
And it is hard to side-step an unheralded stroke from behind.
Frank Mayer