adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a sidelong/sideways glance (= a way of looking by moving your eyes to the side )
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Christina gave her husband a sidelong glance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
fall
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His plane fell sideways , helplessly, like a book toppling from a shelf.
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When he fell sideways , the needle went with his arm.
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June's body rocked longitudinally on its curved spine, then fell sideways .
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She matched left hands now and fell sideways to the bed laughing.
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As Lambert watched, one SE5a took a hit from a shell and fell sideways .
glance
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She glanced sideways at Daniel's profile.
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Morrill glanced sideways at the cooling chowder and let it go.
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Come on! she thought, glancing sideways at Nevil.
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So near that, had he glanced sideways , he would have been bound to see her standing with Thomas.
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She glanced sideways at Nevil who was sitting entranced.
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Three times as the president spoke, Diana flashed him the kind of flattering sideways glances she once gave Charles.
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He glanced sideways at Mrs Wright.
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Mr McCrindle said something and Tam seemed to glance sideways .
look
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He looked sideways at me, so I shook my head.
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Two others use special radar sets, one that looks sideways and another that looks forward.
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Athelstan looked sideways at Benedicta and his heart lurched.
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She looks sideways at Howard to see how he is taking this.
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Tug looked sideways , towards the valley on the right, and recognized where they were.
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She looked sideways at him; the ruined cheek was away from her, and this morning he was hardly limping.
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I look sideways at Nathan who is lying motionless in a bag covered by an inch of snow.
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Philip looked sideways at the girl sitting next to him.
move
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Any extra load on the tail will help to increase its resistance to moving sideways and so help prevent a serious swing.
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The Woman pushed at the door, behind Doyle's chair, and when he moved sideways she stepped in.
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Nate would never have taken him off the presentation if he wasn't being moved sideways or demoted.
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Most of its soft top simply came away but the whole car seemed to move sideways .
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There's no need to nail the shelves down, as they can't move sideways because of the spacers.
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But he would be moved sideways , rather than demoted.
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Similarly, a screen placed across the inside of a doorway will hinder their progress, for they can not move sideways .
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With fewer rungs on the ladder, people have to learn to move sideways .
slide
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A swing can only occur if the tail is sliding sideways over the ground.
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The eyes slid sideways , looked over his shoulder.
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I slide sideways from her as she sits up, grabbing at me to stop me moving away.
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The lorry slid sideways across the road.
slip
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She slipped sideways and felt a familiar coaming beneath her hand.
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I swerved, the car slipped sideways , the wheels screaming.
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Here the daggerboard is straining to stop the board slipping sideways .
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It also reduces the load on the tail-skid or wheel and makes it slip sideways more easily.
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Might time itself have slipped sideways , showing him a scene from the past?
turn
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Croft did what Croft always does and pushed the ball through slowly and deliberately, getting sideways turn but nothing too dangerous.
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At that time, he testified, he was turned sideways with his feet on the concrete.
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I tried to turn sideways in the bed, but I was stuck to the sheet.
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He may practise lifting the pelvis in order to turn sideways , which is an essential pattern for turning over in bed.
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Between the rows of desks there was not enough space for two people t o pass each other without first turning sideways .
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They walked along corridors so narrow that they had to turn sideways , and through corridors as wide as barns.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
knock sb sideways
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He leaned sideways slightly to let Jane past.
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If we turn the chest sideways , I think we can get it through the door.
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She sat sideways across her boyfriend's lap.
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The car skidded sideways off the road.
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Tony swayed sideways but caught himself before he fell.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Athelstan looked sideways at Benedicta and his heart lurched.
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Feeling her stomach churn with the painful memories, she leaned sideways and was violently sick.
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He turned his body sideways , tenderly, to protect his eyes.
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Mud began to thump in the wheel wells, and the car skidded sideways , went off the road, and stuck.
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Start with arms outstretched and curve sideways , bringing the arm up and over as far as possible.
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The tormented Onna, stark naked, pushed the blade in and pulled it sideways .
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This chapter begins by considering three basic directions for expressing power in Organizations-downward, upward, and sideways .
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We started for the truck with Janir carrying the doll sideways .