“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States
SIDESTEP
sidestep
(noun) a step to one side (as in boxing or dancing)
hedge, fudge, evade, put off, circumvent, parry, elude, skirt, dodge, duck, sidestep
(verb) avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues); “He dodged the issue”; “she skirted the problem”; “They tend to evade their responsibilities”; “he evaded the questions skillfully”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sidestep (plural sidesteps)
A step to the side.
A motion, physical or metaphorical, to avoid or dodge something.
Verb
sidestep (third-person singular simple present sidesteps, present participle sidestepping, simple past and past participle sidestepped)
(intransitive) To step to the side.
(transitive) To avoid or dodge.
Anagrams
• despites, seed pits, stepside
Source: Wiktionary
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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