Definition of: side-step

(sīd′step′) v. –stepped, –step·ping v.i.
To step to one side; avoid responsibility.
—v.t. To avoid, as an issue, or postpone, as a decision; evade.
—noun
1. A step or a movement to one side, as of a pugilist.
2. A step on the side of a thing for ascending and descending.
—side′–step′per noun