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ON THE SIDE
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Without official authorization
Example:
he had made some money on the side
Synonyms:
on the side; unofficially
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Context examples:
“We’re on the side road to Godstone and Warlingham,” said my uncle.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You know very well that my opinion would have no weight with you, unless it were on the side of your wishes.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
The aspect of the bladder wall that is located on the side.
(Lateral Wall of the Bladder, NCI Thesaurus)
Sir Thomas, however, remained yet a little longer in town, in the hope of discovering and snatching her from farther vice, though all was lost on the side of character.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
The aspect of the oropharyngeal wall that is located on the side.
(Lateral Wall of the Oropharynx, NCI Thesaurus)
The aspect of the nasopharyngeal wall that is located on the side.
(Lateral Wall of the Nasopharynx, NCI Thesaurus)
This quarrel was the saving of us, for while it was still raging, another sound came from the top of the hill on the side of the hamlet—the tramp of horses galloping.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
MESSENGER spacecraft will impact the planet at more than 8,750 miles per hour (3.91 kilometers per second) on the side of the planet facing away from Earth.
(NASA Spacecraft Achieves Unprecedented Success Studying Mercury, NASA)
This clay-enriched region, located on the side of lower Mount Sharp, stood out to NASA orbiters before Curiosity landed in 2012.
(Curiosity Mars Rover Finds a Clay Cache, NASA)
Despite these findings, researchers suggest that people err on the side of caution and not consume meat from game animals that appear ill or thin, or are confirmed carriers of CWD.
(Study finds no chronic wasting disease transmissibility in macaques, National Institutes of Health)
