side street
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noun
a street leading away from a main street; an unimportant street or one carrying but little traffic.
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| side street | |
| —n | |
| a minor or unimportant street, esp one leading off a main thoroughfare | |
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side street
A minor thoroughfare that carries little traffic, as in Our favorite hotel is on a quiet little side street. The side in this idiom means "off to one side, away from the main street." [c. 1600] Also see back street.
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Example sentences
On corner lots, portable structures must setback half the setback distance of the adjacent structure facing the side street.
For al fresco diners, the restaurant offers café-style outdoor seating under a covered patio that overlooks a quiet side street.
The thieves removed the framed canvases from the walls and lowered them through a window to the side street below.
Turns smoothly, at safe speed, as far to left of side street as necessary to clear obstacles.
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