sidekick
a close friend.
a confederate or assistant.
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How to use sidekick in a sentence
I discovered during my research that peanut butter, when it appears in a cake at all, usually shows up as a sidekick to chocolate.
It seems that Marvel is hoping to use multi-episode TV series to not only build former sidekicks—including Wanda, Sam and Bucky—into heroes in their own right, but to explore social and political issues in a more nuanced way.
Everything You Need to Know About The Falcon and the Winter Soldier | Eliana Dockterman | March 19, 2021 | TimeSolar cells are more efficient when used with a sidekick called a solar concentrator.
Flexible devices may help clothes solar power your screens | Shi En Kim | December 16, 2020 | Science News For StudentsHoover, another ace and the best acrobatic flyer of his generation, was cast in the role of sidekick and backup pilot.
Chuck Yeager has died at 97, but the legacy of his record-breaking flight lives on | Rob Verger | December 8, 2020 | Popular-ScienceThis shows up in initiatives like our new onboarding sidekick program and mentoring program, created on a belief that employees are limitless, unstoppable, and uncapped.
Originally, Cosby was supposed to be much more of a sidekick.
A Full-Length Bill Cosby Portrait: From Track Star to Ugly Sweaters | Scott Porch | September 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA president with job approval in the low 40s is a much less appealing campaign trail sidekick than one who is in the 50s.
If a sidekick is flamboyantly dressed in pastels or tailored velvet, he must be morally corruptible.
‘Persecuted’ Is the Christian Right’s Paranoid Wet Dream | Candida Moss | July 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe also took some swipes at his former White Stripes sidekick—and ex-wife—Meg White.
Jack White Apologizes For Trashing Meg White, Adele, The Black Keys, Lana Del Rey, Etc. | Marlow Stern | May 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut he could also rescue his sidekick Brienne of Tarth from a bear.
Why We Should Pretend the ‘Game of Thrones’ Rape Scene Never Happened | Andrew Romano | May 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's even more interesting that his sidekick is a crooked electronics engineer or scientist.
The Flying Stingaree | Harold Leland Goodwin
British Dictionary definitions for sidekick
/ (ˈsaɪdˌkɪk) /
informal a close friend or follower who accompanies another on adventures, etc
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