side-on

[ sahyd-on, -awn ]

/ ˈsaɪdˈɒn, -ˈɔn /

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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.

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Origin of side-on

First recorded in 1905–10

Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.
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Three on-the-record stories from a family: a mother and her daughters who came from Phoenix.
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You just travel light with carry-on luggage, go to cities that you love, and get to hang out with all your friends.
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It was a brick wall that we turned into the on-ramp of a highway.
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Could the (thus far) timid trembling give way to a full-on, grand mal seizure?
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She skilfully manages the side-lights, and by this means produces strong effects.
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This city stands upon almost two equal parts on each side the river that passes through.
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This is one of the most striking manifestations of the better side of child-nature and deserves a chapter to itself.
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When the women came, he was preparing to go to the west side for his daily visit with Mrs. Pruitt.
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Her heart fluttered violently with fear as she saw that he stepped out after her, and walked by her side toward the house.
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