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26 PHRASE If you get on the wrong side of someone, you do something to annoy them and make them dislike you. If you stay on the right side of someone, you try to please them and avoid annoying them. □  I wouldn't like to get on the wrong side of him.

27 PHRASE If you say that something is on the small side , you are saying politely that you think it is slightly too small. If you say that someone is on the young side , you are saying politely that you think they are slightly too young. [POLITENESS ] □  He's quiet and a bit on the shy side.

28 PHRASE If someone does something on the side , they do it in addition to their main work. □  …ways of making a little bit of money on the side.

29 PHRASE If you put something to one side or put it on one side , you temporarily ignore it in order to concentrate on something else. □  In order to maintain profit margins, health and safety regulations are often put to one side.

30 PHRASE If you take someone to one side or draw them to one side , you speak to them privately, usually in order to give them advice or a warning. □  He took Sabrina to one side and told her about the safe.

31 PHRASE If you take sides or take someone's side in an argument or war, you support one of the sides against the other. □  We cannot take sides in a civil war.

32to look on the bright side → see bright

33the other side of the coin → see coin

34to err on the side of something → see err

35to be on the safe side → see safe

36someone's side of the story → see story

side|arm /sa I dɑː ^r m/ (sidearms ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] Sidearms are weapons, usually small guns, that you can wear on a belt. □  Two guards with sidearms patrolled the wall.

side|bar /sa I dbɑː ^r / (sidebars )

1 N‑COUNT A sidebar is a short article that is placed beside a longer one in a newspaper or on a website, and provides other relevant information.

2 N‑COUNT A sidebar is an additional or less important thing. □  A small sidebar exhibition showcases some of the best of these works.

side|board /sa I dbɔː ^r d/ (sideboards )

1 N‑COUNT A sideboard is a long cupboard which is about the same height as a table. Sideboards are usually kept in dining rooms to put plates and glasses in.

2 N‑PLURAL Sideboards are the same as sideburns . [BRIT ]

side|burns /sa I dbɜː ^r nz/ N‑PLURAL If a man has sideburns , he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek. □  …a young man with long sideburns.

side|car /sa I dkɑː ^r / (sidecars ) N‑COUNT A sidecar is a kind of box with wheels which you can attach to the side of a motorcycle so that you can carry a passenger in it.

-sided /-sa I d I d/

1 COMB [usu ADJ n] -sided combines with numbers or adjectives to describe how many sides something has, or what kind of sides something has. □  …a three-sided pyramid. □  We drove up a steep-sided valley.

2 → see also one-sided

si de dish (side dishes ) N‑COUNT A side dish is an amount of a particular food that is served at the same time as the main dish. □  These mushrooms would make a delicious side dish.

si de-effect (side-effects ) also side effect

1 N‑COUNT [usu pl] The side-effects of a drug are the effects, usually bad ones, that the drug has on you in addition to its function of curing illness or pain. □  The treatment has some unpleasant side-effects including skin rashes and headaches. □  Most patients suffer no side-effects.

2 N‑COUNT A side-effect of a situation is something unplanned and usually unpleasant that happens in addition to the main effects of that situation. □ [+ of ] One side effect of modern life is stress.