sidestep

verb sidestep

• avoid — If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
• beat around the bush — to talk around a subject without getting to the point
• beg the question — If you say that something begs a particular question, you mean that it makes people want to ask that question; some people consider that this use is incorrect.
• bummed — depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
• bumming — a person who avoids work and sponges on others; loafer; idler.