verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
along
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There was a figure there, sidling along stealthily with its back against one wall.
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She sidled along the drive after her husband and up to the front door.
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He sidled along towards the panels where, with any luck, Angalo was hiding.
up
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So I sidled up , slipped my arm around him and gave him a kiss.
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While I did so, the Newspaper Boy sidled up to our table.
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A., 4-H, even Boy Scouts sidle up to a few doors and whisper a carol or two.
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Finally I sidle up to her and ask straight out.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At dawn, they sidle back under the sea's edge.
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Finally I sidle up to her and ask straight out.
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It was sidling towards the edge of the table.
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She suspects me of a form of vanity in sidling up to the existential questions.
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The road led nearly to the cliff, and then sidled right.
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Washington hurried dutifully to her side as befitted his lover's status, then remembered his invidious position and sidled away again.
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While I did so, the Newspaper Boy sidled up to our table.