sidestep
verb (used without object)
to step to one side.
was sidestepping
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past progressiveof sidestep.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Suleyman was sidestepping concerns raised about OpenAI becoming too big to fail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
Another theme that’s emerged in his columns: the BuzzFeed stock options he still possessed, which he frequently mentioned by way of disclosing why he was sidestepping any in-depth coverage of BuzzFeed in his writing.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2022
He said that I was sidestepping the real issue, that I was ‘‘turning this into a ‘he-said, she-said’ dilemma,’’ instead of coming to my own conclusion about whose version was right.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2015
He was sidestepping with his feet like a fast boxer.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
