sidestep
verb (used without object)
to step to one side.
sidestepped
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past participleof sidestep.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof sidestep.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
sidestepverb (used without object)to step to one side.
Example Sentences
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For months, investors remained so fixated on earnings that AI stocks mostly sidestepped the pain felt by shares of small-capitalization companies and other more interest-rate-sensitive names.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 18, 2026
But a vote Tuesday approving that transition sidestepped a battle between the county and City of Los Angeles over other federally-mandated duties long performed by LAHSA.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Zuffa Boxing chief Dana White largely sidestepped that question afterwards.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Zucker said league rules prevented her from facilitating directly, but Wachtell Lipton found that Zucker simply sidestepped that rule by passing along the Clippers’ preferred terms for a Leonard endorsement through a business agent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
He darted forward, sidestepped Romilda Vane again, and pushed open the portrait of the Fat Lady.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
