side-on
[ sahyd-on, -awn ]
adjective
(of two objects) meeting with the sides foremost.
adverb
with the side or sides foremost, especially in a collision: The other car struck me side-on.
Origin of side-on
1First recorded in 1905–10
Words Nearby side-on
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How to use side-on in a sentence
They had swung side-on as the hole opened, and her glance focused itself upon the smaller of the two.
The Readjustment | Will IrwinI caught sight of the old man side-on and I saw he was hurt by something more than a punch.
The Readjustment | Will IrwinFlying, they look extremely like May flies, being carried side-on to the wind.
A Pilgrimage to Nejd, Vol. 2 [of 2] | Anne Blunt"Kept you from throwing her side-on and giving me that spill you promised," he chuckled.
Down the Yellowstone | Lewis R. FreemanI was loath to do ut, but I wint round an' swung into the jaw side-on an' shifted ut a half pace to the lef'.
Soldiers Three | Rudyard Kipling
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