stutter-steps

verb

present tense third-person singular of stutter-step
as in pump-fakes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stutter-steps
  1. evades
  2. sidesteps
Verb
  • This skin-crawling faux-documentary concerns a prolific New York serial killer who evades capture despite recording his brazen crimes.
    — Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026
  • However, Noussair Mazraoui evades Casemiro’s challenge far too easily before Bilal El Khannouss releases Achraf Hakimi on the far side.
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
Definition of evades
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  • Building a track car sidesteps all the hardest parts of car manufacturing—like bringing it up to safety, emissions, and other compliance standards for road cars.
    — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 16 July 2026
  • Animation sidesteps the problem.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 June 2026
Definition of sidesteps
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