side-to-side

See also: side to side

English

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Etymology

side + to + side

Adjective

side-to-side (not comparable)

  1. Moving horizontally, from one side to another and back.
    The boat rocked with a steady side-to-side motion.
    • 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 706:
      It was nearly all downhill into Shrewsbury, with two intermediate stops, and a grand sequence of long curves around which Soult nuzzled her way with a quick side-to-side action.

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