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verb (used without object)
1.
to move sideways or obliquely.
2.
to edge along furtively.
noun
3.
a sidling movement.
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Sidle
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Example Sentences
- At this intersection, mightier than mine, the cars sidle up three abreast.
- But the new ads sidle right up to the edges of guidelines governing the content of underwriter messages.
- The thief would sidle up to its relative quietly in an effort to get at the food.
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Word Origin & History
sidle
"to move or go sideways," 1690s, back-formation from obsolete M.E. sidlyng (adv.) "obliquely, sideways" (early 14c.), from side + adv. suffix -ling; altered on analogy of verbs ending in -le.
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