ON THE SIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does on the side mean? 

• ON THE SIDE (adverb)
  The adverb ON THE SIDE has 1 sense:

1. without official authorization

  Familiarity information: ON THE SIDE used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ON THE SIDE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without official authorization

Synonyms:

on the side; unofficially

Context example:

he had made some money on the side

 Context examples 

Not only was it an opening into the rock, but on the side of it there was marked once again the sign of the arrow.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That is my magnum opus—the pile of papers on the side table yonder.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If I was wrong in yielding to persuasion once, remember that it was to persuasion exerted on the side of safety, not of risk.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

Both panoramas showcase "Glen Torridon," a region on the side of Mount Sharp that Curiosity is exploring.

(Curiosity Mars Rover Snaps Its Highest-Resolution Panorama Yet, NASA)

There are two RSL candidates that may be within Curiosity’s reach, on the side of the 3.1 mile (5 kilometer) Mount Sharp.

(NASA Weighs Use of Rover to Image Potential Mars Water Sites, NASA)

Even as the thought flashed through his brain he received a heavy blow on the side of his head that nearly knocked him down.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

I will sit on the side of the bed, and you in that chair.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A thin, broad, quadrilateral muscle that lies within the interval between the jaw (maxilla and mandible) on the side of the face.

(Buccinator, NCI Thesaurus)

The external shell-like structure of ear on the side of the head.

(Auricle, NCI Thesaurus)

Another stone struck him on the side, and he heard a sound like a breaking stick, with a keen stabbing pain which shot through his chest.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)