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[ verb ] move unobtrusively or furtively

Examples

"The young man began to sidle near the pretty girl sitting on the log"

Used in print

(S. J. Perelman, The Rising Gorge. New York:...)

The inventory you acquired from me is n't going_to be easy to move ; you can't very well sidle up to people on the street and ask if they want to buy a hot Bodhisattva .

Related terms

move

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[ verb ] move sideways

Synonyms

sashay

Used in print

(Chicago Daily Tribune...)

Everywhere he went in town , people sidled up , gave him the guttural bit or broke_into a frightening Tarzan yodel .

(Amber Dean, Encounter with Evil....)

She sidled along the booths one step at_a_time .

Related terms

move chasse

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 22631
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